Of COURSE it's okay to trash talk about women!

[tenaya]

David Schuster on NBC news made this comment about Hillary Clinton's daughter, Chelsea: "Doesn't it seem like Chelsea's sort of being pimped out in some weird sort of way?"

Chelsea doesn't give interviews and it seems his beef is that she wouldn't talk to him. Maybe that's why the word "pimp" was used; he felt the entitlement that of course a woman needs to accommodate him, and if she doesn't, she a ho. What else could be the reasoning for a man on network news be thinking to toss out a thought like that?

And on the entertainment program that mentioned the story, they led with "how did Hillary get a newsman suspended?" and I tell you, it was all implied, what did this bitchy woman do now?

I tell you, I am sick of all the misogyny I'm hearing as this race gets tighter. The pro-Obama people think anything goes to make sure he gets the nomination. The anger/aggression towards women that foments just below the surface in our culture is bubbling over. Even the Left Wing radio show I sometimes listen to use all sorts of techniques to undermine, ridicule and slander her. Strangely the Right Wing radio show is much more respectful and fair to her (though they did just have to mention her big ass being a hard target to miss. Ain't it telling that I consider that remark 'mild.' Oh the laughter at their witty ways!)

Oh yeah, this will get really ugly and the usual rules apply: if it's YOUR side slinging the mud, it's not mud it's Righteous Truth.

Uh huh.

ETA: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/08/msnbc-reporter-begrudging_n_85706.html

Comments

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

I don't know who Schuster is, but yeah, it's bad when even a "minority" candidate like Obama feels he can swipe at another candidate based on gender. That's beyond sad. Call him out on color, and the rage you'd see by the ACLU! Whoa!

If H. Clinton were male (say, the ex-pres's brother and not wife), she'd be a pretty fair candidate - probably pretty mild compared to men in the past. But she's relatively hard-hitting.

Frankly, I think the US is more ready for a female president than a black man, but I'm probably wrong. It'll go by default the White Male (republican).

[tenaya.livejournal.com]

Can you imagine the outrage if Obama had a daughter and someone suggested he was pimping her out?

I use the word pimp but it has baggage and I don't use it unless I want to take advantage of that baggage. People who say it's in common usage are being purposely obtuse.

The thing that is so unfair is that the Hillary haters make her into a cold, unemotional robot. Any displays of emotion from her are disgenuine and contrived to 'attack' Obama.

I used to think we'd have a woman before a black man but not anymore. There are way too many people who feel threatened by her. The pervasive attempt by society to put her in her place is pretty apparent.

People don't knock her plans, just her. People don't cite specifics of Obama's plan, just that he gives them hope and will change things. And the press just repeats this ad nauseum.