Women respond to Gloria Steinem's apology:

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5. as someone noted on another thread, it was a flip remark on a comedy show

this reminds me a little of the Donald Trump suit against Bill Maher to recoup a reward promised (as a joke) for proof that Trump was not the spawn of a human and a red-headed baboon. Lighten up people! I consider myself a feminist and a Bernie Sanders supporter, but Gloria Steinem, overall, seriously answered that question (the anger of young women coming out of college laden with debt and still facing much less opportunity than men) before making that flip remark. Two things about this controversy -- (1) it's exactly the kind of politically correct prickliness that Bill Maher so rightly condemns in so many contexts and (2) it runs the risk in some contexts of feeding into the serious "bros" issue that has been raised.

The idea of a woman president is itself very galvanizing, but Hillary Clinton is undeniably a neoliberal like her husband, which for progressives like myself, of any gender, is uninspiring. I favor giving Gloria Steinem a break and holding back on progressives cannibalizing our leaders for every supposed inapt remark. The RW tolerates just about ANYTHING from their leaders no matter how outrageous and serious (eg Trump) while progressives are too inflexible (as here).

here's the link to the other thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141340630#post8