2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton's Internet Supporters Desperately Want This Campaign to be about Sexism [View all]SDJay
(1,089 posts)but my wife has achieved amazing things in a professional field that is dominated by the good ol' boys. As such, NOTHING makes her more insane than when a woman plays the sexism card when it's not warranted, especially when it's played proactively, ie "If you don't like this plan it's because you hate women."
That's exactly what she sees with some of the messaging from the HRC campaign - trying to paint SBS as a sexist and responding to criticisms with charges of sexism. She believes that this does as much if not more harm to efforts towards full gender equality because (a) it only makes the real sexist pigs feel as though they have a point and (b) it stains the perspective of people who see it towards thinking that sexism is something that's blown out of proportion.
Shame on anyone, anywhere, who is sexist. Shame on anyone, anywhere who tries to use this as a wedge issue to continue to climb the ladder of power. They're the same to me.