When Hillary Clinton was accusing women of being “bimbos”, when the Clinton machine was trying to destroy women that Bill Clinton was serially abusing, out the window went the credibility of feminism.
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Steinem’s polished humanitarian mask had slipped, revealing the mummified fascist within. According to most mainstream feminists, I had to subscribe to their particular brand of group-think in order to call myself a feminist.
Albright and Steinem, speaking on different days in different environments, offered comments that are by now familiar: “There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help each other”, said Albright, who was the first female USA secretary of state. Waspishly policing the earth was evidently insufficient for the feminist politburo, who are now barging into the salvation and damnation game. What genuine principles does Hillary have left, after a public career so light on concrete achievement and so heavy with lies and greed? But how to do that without going too far? Hillary Clinton, in contrast, is a time-server and trimmer who cynically panders to every audience and who shuffles through policy positions like playing cards.
During the 2008 election, a similar media narrative emerged about young women who supported Barack Obama over Clinton.
Steinem’s comments came in response to a question about the base of support for Sanders and Hillary Clinton, respectively. In 1970, a sparsely attended feminist conference was held at the Law School, featuring well-known figures like Kate Millett and Naomi Weisstein.
So if a woman doesn’t think porn or Page 3 are the worst things in the world, she must be suffering from “internalised misogyny” – that is, she’s infected with self-hatred, the poor dear, and clearly doesn’t know her own mind. Another compared Steinem’s comments to, quote, old men who say “shhh politics is no place for a pretty girl”.
“Ooh, now if I said that … you’d swat me”, Maher responded.
Amanda Rodriguez, 37, said she and other younger women are more concerned about the issues and whether their political beliefs align with the candidates than possibly older women who may be more focused on seeing women gain some footing when it comes to the White House. The fact that younger women are supporting an older man is a sign that they see gender as less important than policies.
To her credit, Steinem apologized for her remark. She projected steadiness and cordiality and presented feminist goals as utterly reasonable. I have idolized Ms. Steinem since I was a child and have had the pleasure of hearing her articulate herself firsthand. Its title was also a major contribution to the English language, which lacked an honorific for women that did not signal marital status.
“We see many women lawyers, and we’ve only ever known Hillary Clinton in her powerful roles as first lady, senator and secretary of state”, said Nault, 18, who will be voting this year for the first time.
“I’ve spent my life working so that women can make their own choices, even if that choice is not voting for me”. Madeline Albright has echoed this sentiment in her many pronouncements encouraging women to speak up, to be strong in their convictions, to be themselves. She was cautious on the global nuclear deal, saying she would “not hesitate” to take military action against Iran, and during her campaign declared her unbreakable bond with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Steinem was a crucial figure in the feminist movement of the ’70s. They became backstage secret agents for the Democratic party.
The revolt of pro-sex feminists against the feminist establishment began with lipstick lesbians in San Francisco in the late 1980s and spread nationwide by the 1990s.
What makes me a feminist?
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In her post, Steinem said she had been “misinterpreted” and had also pointed out instances of a vigorous strain of feminism among today’s young women. They, she insisted, had gotten it wrong. “Obviously”, suggested stormy dissident feminist Camille Paglia, “they are desperate because Hillary’s numbers are falling, so they are really pulling out the heavy artillery”.
