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Hillary Clinton

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zixiofix

(40 posts)
Fri Apr 8, 2016, 08:11 PM Apr 2016

Yup, pretty much debunks the whole "voting with your vajajay" fallacy [View all]

Sexism is driving women away from the GOP front-runner Donald Trump and the Republican Party, potentially providing a windfall to Hillary Clinton in a general election.

But to ride women's discontent into the Oval Office, of course, Clinton has to win the Democratic nomination. And while she has maintained a strong advantage with women voters overall, she's not doing well with all women. White millennial women favor Bernie Sanders.

Perhaps that's because the best rationale for Clinton's candidacy hasn't been effectively communicated to millennial women. There is a powerful case to be made for electing a woman president, and it has nothing to do with the straw man of identity politics.

The most compelling reason women should vote for Hillary Clinton? Pure self-interest.

[A] model ... predicts that Democratic and Republican women will offer three times more feminist bills than their male counterparts will. The global scholarship leaves no doubt: Women in political office make it a priority to advance rights, equality and opportunity for women and girls, in a way and to a degree that men in power overwhelmingly do not.


http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-cohen-why-women-should-elect-women-20160406-story.html
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I was thinking of literally voting with mine. nt OhZone Apr 2016 #1
you would! lol. eom artyteacher Apr 2016 #6
Absentee or in person dlwickham Apr 2016 #8
I don't have a vajayjay, but... SaschaHM Apr 2016 #2
I also lack the V Treant Apr 2016 #3
no worries about the lack of V zixiofix Apr 2016 #5
thank you for the thoughtful reply zixiofix Apr 2016 #4
Excellent post ismnotwasm Apr 2016 #7
right?! sarae Apr 2016 #13
yes there is a lack of feminism or feminism is being co-opted by anti-feminists zixiofix Apr 2016 #15
Is there a... sarae Apr 2016 #16
I think you're onto something ;) zixiofix Apr 2016 #19
100% Agree sarae Apr 2016 #11
yes, we still have a long way to go . . . zixiofix Apr 2016 #17
Arrrgghhhh sarae Apr 2016 #20
It validates their male counterparts. LisaM Apr 2016 #21
Thank you for THAT very thoughtful reply! Kath1 Apr 2016 #22
K&R! DemonGoddess Apr 2016 #9
Thanks for the K& R zixiofix Apr 2016 #10
LOL DemonGoddess Apr 2016 #12
Especially a woman candidate who has always made women issues important Her Sister Apr 2016 #14
absolutely, and why women and children? zixiofix Apr 2016 #18
I'll be voting with my mind. Kath1 Apr 2016 #23
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