According to The Hill, Sanders won 84 percent of the 18-29 demographic in the Iowa Caucuses.
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“Young women have to support Hillary Clinton”. “And when you’re young, you’re thinking, ‘Where are the boys?’ The boys are with Bernie”.
Though Steinem has made a career out of being an outspoken feminist, her comments were perceived by many as being anti-woman. “Oh”, he said. “Now if I said that, ‘They’re for Bernie because that’s where the boys are, ‘ you’d swat me”.
Desperation will make people like Steinem switch from celebrating girl power to castigating girls as airhead who don’t know any better than to follow the lead of boys.
Pope Madeline threatened women who don’t vote for Mrs. Clinton with eternal damnation. It is a form of gender politics that intends to shame young women into joining a type of sisterhood. I did not say, ‘Thank you for the vote.’ I got mad on the basis of what was happening to me. If women like Wasserman Schultz, Steinem, and Albright aren’t careful, the Democratic Party risks losing the confidence and support of young women who are rightly concerned that their priorities and contributions are going unnoticed.
As the front-runner in the Democratic presidential primary, Hillary Clinton has been seen by numerous feminists as the woman who could shatter the highest glass-ceiling of them all: the White House. Yesterday, Madeline Albright told a New Hampshire audience at a Clinton rally that “there’s a special place in Hell” for women who don’t support Hillary.
Both octogenarian feminists have assumptions about young female voters that are similar and strikingly appalling: It is the assumption that women under 35 cannot think for themselves. And while it may have been true when Steinem was in her 20s that women changed their opinions to find men, it certainly is not the case today. I was hurt because I consider her to be an icon of the feminist movement…
After experiencing significant backlash, Steinem authored a Facebook post on Sunday apologizing for her “misinterpreted” remarks on the show. Illustrating the gender politics emanating from the Clinton camp even more are Steinem’s and Albright’s scathing comments dripping in gender bias that disregards young women’s autonomy to participate intelligently in politics. With the exception of a select few, the majority of grassroots organizations I know of are run by women and this movement is about bringing people together and empowering all women not just the one.
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Later, the former secretary of state told NBC News in an interview that she was concerned with Sanders’ “lack of knowledge” on foreign policy issues.
