2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: As a woman who fought for gender equality in the 1970s let me define sexist for you.... [View all]Hell Hath No Fury
(16,327 posts)I have been experiencing something very bizarre here in SF. Many of my gay friends have been seriously chastising me, a woman and a feminist, for not supporting Clinton. The most consistent argument they make to me is that it is time for this country to elect a woman President and that I should be supporting her.
Every time I hear that I want to scream at them, "Do you not know how revolting it is that YOU, a MAN, are trying to dictate to ME, a woman, how I should be voting and using gender to do it?????"
That is the antithesis of feminism and, in fact, sexist.
Equally galling to me is when gender is used by Clinton as a reason to vote for her (which she has been banging like a gong). Fuck that shit. "Vote for me because I am a woman" is ALSO the antithesis of feminism and I reject it.