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Hillary Clinton

YoungDemCA

(5,714 posts) Fri Feb 12, 2016, 11:35 AM Feb 2016

HILLARY CLINTON GROUP Why do so many people (particularly men) hate Hillary? [View all]

I don't think it's just because she is a woman, though that certainly plays into what I see as the primary reason for why so many men (and a disturbing number of women, too) loathe Hillary Clinton.

It's because she's a feminist. And not just that, but a feminist icon in a field (American politics) that has never been friendly to women in general - let alone, women who focus on women's issues, and who are seen as "threatening" the Good Ole Boy's Club (TM) at the highest levels of power. Nope.

I think that this explains a lot of what we see in the virulently hostile reaction to Hillary - on all sides of the political spectrum.

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*HILLARY CLINTON GROUP* Why do so many people (particularly men) hate Hillary? [View all] YoungDemCA Feb 2016 OP

Well, my wife does not like her much, and she is a feminist hueymahl Feb 2016 #1

Well, he's asking members of this group. It's still Hillary's Group. that doesn't mean Cha Feb 2016 #4

It is entirely possible Nonhlanhla Feb 2016 #6

Thank you for that Nonhlanhla.. you're the perfect one to answer that. Cha Feb 2016 #8

Thanks Nonhlanhla Feb 2016 #11

You got it! yallerdawg Feb 2016 #10

I agree completely hueymahl Feb 2016 #19

I agree with this post's diagnosis of how people have come to feel about Hillary over the years... northoftheborder Feb 2016 #25

Spot on! BlueMTexpat Feb 2016 #28

the guys I know are often intimidated by strong women beachbum bob Feb 2016 #2

It is because she is a strong woman. DURHAM D Feb 2016 #3

25 years of Republicans trying to demonize her. Most millennials don't know the history. Many livetohike Feb 2016 #5

I can't state strongly enough aaaaaa5a Feb 2016 #7

I agree Nonhlanhla Feb 2016 #9

I - respectfully - completely disagree! yallerdawg Feb 2016 #12

+1 YoungDemCA Feb 2016 #13

I am NOT agreeing with the history of this country. aaaaaa5a Feb 2016 #15

What if it would have been a man saying it? fleabiscuit Feb 2016 #16

Being technically correct and having good campaign strategy are not the same thing. aaaaaa5a Feb 2016 #20

OK - not "respectfully" anymore. yallerdawg Feb 2016 #17

Nobody has said "pretend to be gender neutral." aaaaaa5a Feb 2016 #22

This harmless, humorous aside is the problem? yallerdawg Feb 2016 #26

Apparently the Clinton campaign AGREES with what I have been saying throughout this thread. aaaaaa5a Feb 2016 #30

But you do understand... yallerdawg Feb 2016 #32

Older women spitting out uncomfortable truths Ellen Forradalom Feb 2016 #23

I don't think any of us think she was serious Nonhlanhla Feb 2016 #29

She disrupted the 'wife' image. Basic LA Feb 2016 #14

I'm going with, "They're skeered of girls," and the clubhouse has a sign saying "No Gurlz Aloud." Hekate Feb 2016 #18

Successful women get it the worst in the media Starry Messenger Feb 2016 #21

She's violating a fundamental unspoken rule: Ellen Forradalom Feb 2016 #24

She's a strong woman bluestateguy Feb 2016 #27

It's not that at all jmowreader Feb 2016 #31