Yes, its OK to vote for Hillary because she is a woman!

[athena]

76. I made points, to which you did not respond. But I will respond to your so-called "questions".

"Congress is only 20% female because women are less interested in running for Congress and/or women are discriminated against by voters and/or women are discriminated against by political donors."

Wow. You think Congress is only 20% female mainly because "women are less interested." I bet that's what you think about the paucity of women in science, as well. Really, this tells me all I need to know about your views on women.

Your questions were, as far as I can tell, not honest questions. In other words, they were not attempts to get an answer and learn something from that answer but rather to teach the other poster something that you clearly think you know better. That's not what a discussion is about. Nonetheless, I will answer your questions.

Question: How do you respond to someone exclaiming: "I'm going to vote for Trump because he's a man!"?
Answer: I would say, "Go ahead. This is nothing new. You've been voting for men because they're men all your life, anyway."

Question: "Okay. Does the tendency of others to discriminate by sex when voting in the past, justify continuing this practice into the future? Yes or no???"
Answer: The tendency of people to discriminate by sex when voting in the past does not justify continuing this practice into the future. That is precisely the reason to vote for a woman. Frankly, it's funny that you don't see what your comment is really saying.

Question: "And why is it okay 'for a man to vote for a man because he's a man?'"
Answer: Clearly, you didn't understand the point I was making. It's ironic and revealing that people (like you) are perfectly fine with electing a 45th man as president, but they think it's misandrist to elect a woman as president. In other words, they don't see that voting for a man for president is, intrinsically, voting because of gender. If it were not, we would have seen roughly 22 female presidents by now. People have been voting for men because they're men for centuries. But the moment some women decide to vote for a woman because she is a woman, people (like you) start getting upset and crying "misandry"! (You misuse the term "sexism" to mean "misandry". Just as it is not "racism" for a few Black people to dislike white people, it is not "sexism" for a few women to vote for a woman because she is a woman. Racism and sexism are destructive only because there are institutions established around them. If you don't understand this, you need to read up on racism and sexism. People have been working on this stuff for decades.)

As you can see, I made all these points previously, but you didn't seem to realize that I was, indeed, responding to your points. You have not, however, responded to anything I wrote. In fact, you cannot respond to them because that would mean having to rethink your own position. I doubt very much that you will show that level of flexibility and open-mindedness. Prove me wrong if you can.

I suggest you start listening to some women in the future, instead of assuming that you already know everything. Because based on what you've posted, it's clear that you have a lot to learn about feminism and gender equality.