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"By 1970, when American women had had the vote for fifty years, Congresswoman Patsy Mink of Hawaii believed that the day was soon coming when a woman could become president of the US. When Mink expressed her view to Dr. Edgar Berman, a member of the Democratic Party's Committee on National Priorities, he replied in no uncertain terms that women suffered "raging hormonal imbalances" that rendered them [BELOW]
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"Online harassment [of women] is a form of public gender-role enforcement, rather like dragging a loud-mouthed woman to the stocks in the town square, clamping a scold's bridle on her mouth, and throwing rotten vegetables at her. [...] In November 2019, several of the eighteen female members of Parliament who announced that they would not seek reelection the following month reported that the [MORE BELOW]
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"Catherine the Great so transgressed the boundaries set by the Patriarchy that it retaliated by creating the infamous lie that she had died at the age of sixty-seven while trying to have sex with a horse . . . "
I want to laugh, but I can't. If this sounds hilariously ludicrous, it's merely one of many sexual-depravity accusations leveled at countless female leaders throughout history and continuing into modern day.
— Nov 02, 2025 11:45AM
I want to laugh, but I can't. If this sounds hilariously ludicrous, it's merely one of many sexual-depravity accusations leveled at countless female leaders throughout history and continuing into modern day.
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The last few chapters look at how sexism poisons the public's regard of women in politics. Every last thing about their appearance is critiqued, as well as certain vocal characteristics (e.g., "She sounds like a scolding teacher"), lifestyle choices (e.g., "Why isn't she married?"), and everyday comportment. Meanwhile, without any effort, we're oddly blind to the same features in male leaders; such things are...
— Oct 01, 2025 10:23AM
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"It's rare for men to be called unlikable. And it probably really wouldn't matter if they were. The Barbara Lee Family Foundation discovered that voters are more comfortable voting for men they don't like—Donald Trump being a prime example. Many of his most ardent supporters really couldn't stand the guy personally—they hated his nasty tweets and unending boasting and spewing of lies—but [BELOW]
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unfit to lead. "Suppose that we had a menopausal woman President who had to make the decision of the Bay of Pigs or the Russian contretemps with Cuba at the time?" he asked, referring to dangerous international crises JFK handled in the early sixties. She could be "subject to the curious mental aberrations of that age group." In other words, women having their periods or going through menopause might escalate a war unnecessarily—as Lyndon Johnson did—or start one from scratch, as George W. Bush did."
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Rolling my eyes so hard I can see my brain
My sigh was so deep it must have been heard throughout the internet. 😒
TL *Humaning the Best She Can* wrote: "Rolling my eyes so hard I can see my brain"Morphing_kashi wrote: "My sigh was so deep it must have been heard throughout the internet. 😒"
:D :D
This sticky sexist belief is so depressing. In a few days I have another status update on this topic that talks about what Why We Make Mistakes: How We Look Without Seeing, Forget Things in Seconds, and Are All Pretty Sure We Are Way Above Average also does: That book cites research that shows that female leaders are less likely to declare wars than male leaders.
This idea that men are less emotional than women isn't something I've found to be true. Maybe men are adept at suppressing tears--thanks to deep and constant socialization--but I've seen far more men than women fly off the handle, and it's rarely not absolutely terrifying. The dysfunctional socialization of male human beings has left far too many with crippling problems managing anger and a deficiency in basic empathy and sympathy. I'm not surprised in the least that they're more likely to start wars and are more violent in general.
I wish Mink would have asked Berman to name which wars in history were started by women. Can you imagine how unfit to lead he would have thought the current man-child baby is? They still had standards back then.
Cher 'N Books wrote: "I wish Mink would have asked Berman to name which wars in history were started by women. Can you imagine how unfit to lead he would have thought the current man-child baby is? They still had standa..."I'd like to think he'd be appalled by President Manchild! Sadly, I'm sure if Mink had asked Berman to name the wars, he'd just deflect. :/
