Liberation and equality are not synonymous with exhibitionism, wanton sexuality, or objectification.

That’s nuts!!!

Sure, there’s a profound lack of genuine solidarity among women, but that’s part of the whole men-first pattern.

I say any man who drops a sock on the floor without even bothering to think about whether that’s the right place for it or how it is going to get moved to a better place is a bigger ‘enemy’ of women’s equality than any woman who has had to live in this system her whole life.

Stop blaming the victims!!

Between the combo of women as props & hos in the rap world and women as victims in the movie world, what kind of signals are these? And watching the young woman victim, who was of course rescued by a man, I could not help but think of Sarah Palin, packing heat. Sarah Palin does not act like a victim and the left hates her.

There has been a lot of posts at NQ about how we should stop hating Obama and give him credit where credit is due. And many No Quarter radio broadcasters have stated that they want to support him as their President because they want Amercia to do well. I understand why NQ wants to make these points, so I have no beef with the site, or any of their radio shows.

However, my question is- If a large number of black people felt that Hillary Clinton had, with the help of the media and the DNC, stolen the nomination from Obama through racist means, would they be saying similar gracious things about her as their new President?

I think about this in light of all the discussion had recently about how we need to make sexism as bad as racism.

If the answer is yes then I’ll shut up.

If the answer is no, then I wonder -is feminism making a mistake by being so polite towards their new leader through fear or seeming un-American or hateful? Surely, to remain opposed to this man and all that he stood for, is the best way to show people how important issues such as eliminating voter fraud and misogony really are. (Saying that, is it too simplistic to compare issues of race and gender in this manner?)

That, to me, is why sexism is so insidious. It is largely not conscious. Studies show that the exact same paper will be graded lower by both men and women if it has a woman’s name on it. Another study with business executives showed they were more likely to say they would hire someone after seeing a resume if the name was male (or clearly white, not ethnic, AA, etc.). Similar bias exists against people who have uncool accents like Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter or Sarah Palin.
Subconscious bias is difficult to prove and therefore much harder to address. And the biases of a culture are internalized by all its members, even the ones being discriminated against. That is why those little AA girls in the famous study chose white over black dolls. Sadly a recent repeat of the experiment had the same result.