Seriously, Secretary Clinton? [View all]
You believe you are a victim of men 'shouting you down'? Seriously? Is that why you voted for the Iraq War, supported the awful Welfare Reform Act, Doma, the TPP among other awful policies that so adversely affected the lives of millions of people? Men shouted you down?
This is the image you want to portray, not just of yourself, but women in general?
I strenuously object to that portrayal of women. It sets women back several generations to the point where that WAS the way women were portrayed.
It kept them from occupying positions of power, from being taken seriously on issues that 'only men were capable of dealing with'.
Women were viewed as weak,they needed protection, belonged in their homes, too emotional to be trusted with jobs that required strength and leadership abilities.
Since then women have fought hard to erase those images and to some extent, though there is more work to be done, have succeeded. They still have not achieved equality in the workplace, there are not enough women in our government, but we are, or thought we were, making progress.
I hope your portrayal of yourself is not taken as a portrayal of women in general. Women have fought too hard for too long AGAINST the stereotype!
It was, to say the least, a very unfortunate remark.
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But I want to talk about a woman who absolutely rejects the notion that she might view herself as a victim.
She is also running for the office of President of her country, an election the world is currently watching.
Her name is Aung San Suu Kyi!
You can read her amazing biography HERE
Last night I watched an interview with her and was struck by the contrast between her and our female candidate for President.
Knowing her life story, she certainly could legitimately claim to have been a victim.
However, when she was asked how she felt about being so victimized, she adamantly refused to accept that characterization:
'But, I was NOT a victim' - she stated.
The interviewer seemed surprised and pressed her on the question, again, asking her WHY she does not consider herself a victim!
'How can I be a victim when everything was MY CHOICE?' She insisted.
How refreshing. A woman who REFUSES to be characterized as a victim DESPITE, or maybe BECAUSE of the incredible tragedy her life has been.
No complaining about victimhood from her!
She is strong, despite or again, maybe because of all the adversities she has faced.
Separated from her two sons, unable to watch them grow up.
Unable to visit her husband in England as he lay dying.
Her decades-long loss of freedom, a conniving, brutal Military Junta really, seriously out to 'get her' and they did.
Yet she insists pretty strongly that she is not a victim, she refuses to consider that at all.
I know she and Hillary have met. I wonder what she thinks of a woman like Hillary claiming to be victim?
Their policies on War eg could not be further apart.
She is for peaceful resolution of conflicts despite, or maybe BECAUSE of all the brutality she witnessed in her own country.
After watching this beautiful, strong woman last night, I felt a little sad for this country where powerful women who have been so privileged all their lives, rather than appreciate how fortunate they are, or show the strength women possess, choose instead to claim victimhood.
Bernie V Burma/Myanmar's Military Junta?
How embarrassing for us as a nation and especially for women!
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