2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why was Hillary fashionably tardy after the break? [View all]pnwmom
(110,254 posts)of her by aiming the camera at the empty podium and announcing that they were going on without her -- as if she weren't as important as the other two.
You've heard of "potty parity"? They've done academic studies with stopwatches proving women need significantly more time in the bathroom just to use the basic facilities. These 5 minute breaks ABC had built in -- including transit time -- were enough for the men but not most women.
This is an example of unconscious but institutionalized sexism -- where the function is built around men's needs without taking into account women's. It might seem trivial but it's not.
You can see right in this thread that it made her the object of some mockery, all because she can't just whip something out and hang it over a urinal.
P.S. Why should she slink in like she's an INTRUDER who had to be careful not to DISTURB the men? ABC was wrong to start the 3 way debate without her.