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In reply to the discussion: Well if Hillary doesn't win it...it will be 45-0 for the men. [View all]Syzygy321
(583 posts)-- I am not talking Bernie vs Hillary. He's great. I will be happy if he wins.
-- I am not saying you are sexist. Voting for the candidate whose policies you favor is not sexist! In a perfect world everyone would vote on that basis - not on looks, speech delivery, gender, race, or charisma.
-- I am definitely not saying that anyone who votes against a woman or minority is a bad liberal.
-- I am saying I want you to respect my view. Which derives from my experience. Women are my team, my tribe - and we are always on the losing side, and have been throughout history (but we're gaining, you bastards! We're gaining on you! and one day we'll be even!). In my schools, in work, in marriage, I have frequently been pushed onto the losing side because I am female.
I wanna see my team win. Can you understand that? Not to beat down your team and make laws against you and rape you and control you (as your team has always done to mine). Just to be equal - so I and others don't have to endure that crap in the future.
I have a hope that when we are even and women lead and share responsibilities alongside men, all women will be as free as men.
Imagine if the leadership of Afghanistan were female - or even half female. Imagine if all countries were led by men and women together: Iran. Saudi Arabia. China. Japan. Mexico.
The US Senate.
Fortune 500 companies.
The cops.
That's what I want. Not as an end in itself but as a step toward freedom and security and equal opportunity for all.
I am not fool enough to think a woman in the WH will instantlyake us "post-misogynist.". (I didn't think the black guy would make us post-racial either.)
But I cheer for Clinton like I cheered for the Red Sox when they had gone 70-plus years without a championship.
You can understand that, can't you? All of you?.