2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Words Used to Describe Hillary Clinton by Her Opponents. [View all]Armstead
(47,803 posts)On your list, the vast majority here would agree are sexist and out of line and just plain rude. (The non-sexist insults, IMO, are Rude, Obnoxious, and Loud, as they are also applied to men.)
But if Hillary were a male the same opponents would be using equally obnoxious words, some non-gender specific, others referring to parts of the male anatomy.
And Heavens to Besty, look at some of the terms that DUers toss towards Republicans. And do you remember the good old days when GW was president? he was regularly referred to by that "speciest" term The Monkey.
Insults are insults. Bad manners are bad manners. There's always a difficult line between legitimate criticism and over-the-line insult.
But whatever, that's what happens in politics, regardless of the gender.