2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Yes, its OK to vote for Hillary because she is a woman! [View all]athena
(4,187 posts)one must be a man who has never bothered to listen to women. If it were just a matter of anatomy, 22 of those 44 presidents would have been female. Half of Congress would be female. Women would not be earning 79 cents to every male dollar. If only our society saw gender as a mere detail of anatomy!
Alas, in this society, being born with the wrong genitals forces you into a life where you will earn less, lose out on promotions and career advancement, have to do nearly all the house work if you choose to live with a man, be responsible for all the child care if you choose to have a child with a man, and be denied the opportunity to compete equally in high-paying or influential fields such as science, engineering, or politics. That's why some of us women believe that voting for a woman who has fought for women's rights all her life is the feminist thing to do.