The Sexist Skewering of Kirsten Gillibrand

[NanceGreggs]

257. Gillibrand is being "skewered" ...

... for advancing the position that Franken should resign based on allegations, rather than being based on actual wrong-doing.

There is nothing "sexist" about disagreeing with her position. The push-back from those who support Franken is no different than the push-back that would have existed had a man spearheaded the call for him to resign.

Goody Gillibrand's position that accusations of sexual misconduct are sufficient reason to remove a man from office are abhorent to those who believe in due process, and the right of the accused to defend himself against accusations that have no basis in fact.

Advancing the idea that Gillibrand is being called-out because she's a woman is akin to saying that all blacks, all Muslims, all homeless vets, all people left without affordable healthcare who SPEAK OUT against those inequities are doing so because they ARE blacks, Muslims, and homeless vets, and not because they have legitimate grievances.

The Goody Gillibrand advocates can rant all they want about how she is being targeted by the anti-woman brigade. The truth is that NOT ALL WOMEN see everything in terms of women-v-men, and are more than capable of determining legitimate battles to be fought versus the bullshit stance that ANY disagreement with a female's political position equates to being anti-woman.

Women have fought too long and hard to be recognized as being equal to men to become advocates of women who play the gender card every time they say and do things that are unpopular.

Saying "you should agree with me because I'm a woman" is no different than saying "you should agree with me because I'm a man".