Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Steinem on Presidential Gender

Women Are Never Front-Runners - New York Times

"Gender is probably the most restricting force in American life, whether the question is who must be in the kitchen or who could be in the White House."

Gloria Steinem puts into words exactly what I was feeling until the New Hampshire results came in!

posted by Alexa Weber Morales @ 1/08/2008   3 comments

3 Comments:

At 7:11 PM, Anonymous DOW said...

On the other hand, there is this (representative--I picked the quickest Googgle) take on the Steinem argument:

http://www.reappropriate.com/?p=949

 
At 7:24 PM, Anonymous DOW said...

Incidentally, thanks to BitchPhD, here's an interesting primer on the nominating process and what the primaries mean:

http://edgeofthewest.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/we-take-requests-civics-for-canadians-version/

 
At 7:48 PM, Blogger Alexa Weber Morales said...

There are flaws in Steinem's piece. And I agree that the race shouldn't come down to black vs. woman, but rather issues and leadership capability.

 

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