Regarding: All In discussion on complimenting a woman (Obama)

[sabrina 1]

108. Maybe he should, maybe he should stop listening the minority of women who

seem to find every word a threat to their self esteem.

I'm a woman, hopefully he will listen to me. It is not a threat to me for a man to open a door, pay for dinner, tell me I'm beautiful, in the workplace or anywhere else. I am a beneficiary of the women's movement which took care os some really important issues that need to be attended to. Such as the right to vote.

And as those early, courageous women demonstrated, we women can survive being complimented for our looks. What we do not need is to be told constantly what we are supposed to do and think and how we are supposed to react.

I'm no defender of the president, and I would prefer he focused on protecting SS eg, but if the woman herself had no problem with what he said, I respect women enough not to try to tell them that they need to be upset about something they are not upset about.