2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why did Mrs. Greenspan Automatically Think of Hillary When She Saw This Ad? [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)women in their own right, use their husband's name. Both choices are fine, to say one is 'sexist' and 'demeaning' is sexist itself, to slam women for a choice they make because it isn't considered 'politically correct' could not be more sexist.
Mrs Greenspan however is not part of the circle of ordinary working class women, teachers, nurses etc. She is part of the power structure of this country, in good part because of her marriage to Greenspan.
She is a public figure, in a job that requires the public trust.
The topic of this OP, which apparently is less important than whether Mrs Greenspan's very privileged feelings are hurt, was about a woman, married to a man who is powerful and who used that power to DESTROY the economy of this country, interviewing Sanders about his ad, in her capacity as a trusted news person.
In this interview with Sanders she attempted to paint his ad as an attack on Clinton.
The ad was about the terrible cost to ordinary Americans of the influence of Wall St money on our Government.
Why would she think it was negative to discuss this most important topic? Well, maybe because she lives in a different universe to most ordinary women.
Maybe because she is married to Mr. Greenspan who was rightfully taken down by Sanders for his stubborn refusal to acknowledge the damage his policies were doing to ordinary people.
Addressing her as Mrs Greenspan identifies the possible biases she, who should be without personal bias given the job she accepted, may have due to her close ties to Wall St.
To try to compare these very privileged members of the ruling class to nurses and teachers is simply ludicrous.