Do you all think Hillary will face any sexism if she runs?

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21. Yes, lots of sexism.

Some will be overt, and some will be unconscious or semi-conscious. It's my thought that there are lots of men who aren't basically misogynist, but whose sense of fairness about women isn't very well informed. They have never read Betty Friedan, or Germaine Greer, or Susan Brownmiller, or any of a hundred other books that detail reasonably complete theories of the patriarchy and of the influence that our use of language has on women's lives (and campaigns). Their hearts are in the right place, but the depth of their knowledge of the issue is shallow. They may feel tongue-tied in trying to talk about the varieties of sexist expression and attitudes, and the relationship between the two.

So, to go on to your questions, if we see overtly sexist comments, we should briefly point them out and move on, because misogynists will not be converted by our tut-tutting them, and it would be a waste of energy trying to convert the hard-core.

If we see subtler language or attitudes being purveyed, we should gently point out that these remarks or attitudes might have their origins in unconscious sexism.

And I admire your wanting to resolve these questions early, but I personally think it will take another two hundred years before we bring both men and women and boys and girls, to feeling a sense of shame when they behave like sexists. Nevertheless, we ain't gonna finish unless we start. So let's keep on keeping on.