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LadyBlog » Blog Archive » Playing the ‘Gotcha’-Sexism Card — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:23:01 +0000

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By: lucie13

lucie13 — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:06:40 +0000

I have to qualify that the baby issue is the smallest reason that I am appalled at Palin’s nomination.

I should also say that I would have the same questionable feelings about a Dem or other party candidate pursuing the same course after just having a baby, but it’s more galling with Palin b/c she is put out there as all “family values.”

By: lucie13

lucie13 — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:51:28 +0000

Sorry–whether she is a man or a woman, she is not innoculated against this question. In fact, I’m appalled that she is running. A presidential campaign is more grueling than trekking through the Sahara, and a male or female candidate with an infant should seriously examine their priorities before undertaking it.

I view it as a serious lack of responsibility and character on her part that she has jumped into this race with a “special needs” infant under 6 months and a pregnant daughter (which she concealed from the McCain campaign), both of whom could use a parent more than a few sporadic minutes a day.

I’m the most feminist of feministas, but in the first 6 months of life, a baby needs bonding with his/her mother that a father can’t entirely provide.

If she were a Dem candidate, the ultra-right would be tearing her a new one for being a bad mother, instead of glorifiying her. What hypocrisy!

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:24:39 +0000

Pallin herself did not claim she’s a feminst, did she?

Don’t know.

But, she’s a prominent member of an anti-choice group called “Feminists for Life”.

Which is a strange name for a group that is hostile to contraceptive choice, believes in forced pregnancy, and believes in criminal sanctions for those who get abortions.

By: Cara

Cara — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:04:40 +0000

Pallin herself did not claim she’s a feminst, did she?

From what I’ve read, she actually has.

By: Georgie

Georgie — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 05:52:34 +0000

Anything that I could say in response to this blog would not cover it. So, I shall simply relay this:

That shit’s fucked up.

By: Eleanor

Eleanor — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 05:18:43 +0000

I thought that the post was about the sexist question regarding Pallin by a male reporter. Pallin herself did not claim she’s a feminst, did she?

BTW, years ago Senator Biden’s wife was killed in a car accident and he became the primary caretaker of his two young sons. At that time he had considered not accepting his senate post, but was asked to stay on.

Sad to see we still have the double standard after all these years.

(McCain/Pailin will not get my vote)

By: Hope

Hope — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:29:35 +0000

I always wonder why there is such a knee jerk reaction when someone asks a question which is pertinent. It’s not that she has children or that she’s a working mother, it’s the fact that she has an infant and is about to embark on the campaign trail. Her harshest critics are not going to be men but other women who will judge her, fairly or unfairly. And I have to admit when she brought that baby on stage, I became uncomfortable. First of all, it smacks of; look at my defective child, congratulate me because I kept him knowing he wasn’t perfect. I don’t think any analyst pointed out the fact that her rabid pro-life position renders the question of choice (in continuing the pregnancy or not), moot. And the other part of me cringed because the last thing a baby needs is to be in a raucous gymnasium listening to thousands of people scream.
If anything she is being touted not because she’s qualified but because she’s a hockey mom who bravely birthed a child with Down Syndrome. Women everywhere should be offended and should not by sidetracked by the positing of a relevant question.