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Gloria Steinem: Clinton has low approval ratings because she's a woman
washingtonexaminer.com ^
| Aug. 12, 2016
| JOSHUA AXELROD
Posted on 08/13/2016 4:45:41 PM PDT by PROCON
Feminist icon Gloria Steinem said Friday that she believes Hillary Clinton's low favorability ratings are at least partially due to her being a woman.
She said that isn't the only reason the Democratic nominee has hit her lowest approval ratings in 24 years, but the subliminal connections associated with her and her womanhood affect public perception.
"As children, most of us are raised by women, so we may tend to associate female authority with childhood. We see it as emotional, overwhelming, perhaps inappropriate to public life, not rational enough," Steinem told the Hollywood Reporter.
"You can see that in some of the media coverage from otherwise mature, grown-up men, who are saying things like, 'I cross my legs whenever I see her. She reminds me of my first wife asking for alimony.' They are responding to the last time they saw a powerful woman. They feel unmanned. I don't think it's conscious, but I think it's present. It's not going to be easy. It's a very big change."
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: 2016election; gloriasteinem; hillary2016; hillaryclinton; sexism; womanpresident
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posted on
08/13/2016 4:45:41 PM PDT
by
PROCON
To: PROCON
Gloria Steinem: Clinton has low approval ratings because she's a womanYou mean, like Sarah Palin?
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posted on
08/13/2016 4:47:25 PM PDT
by
Maceman
(Screw the Party. Save the Country.)
To: PROCON
Not because she is a woman, but because she is a murderous bitch.
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posted on
08/13/2016 4:47:47 PM PDT
by
mvonfr
To: PROCON
Go away you old bat....you can visit her in jail
LOCK HER UP!
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posted on
08/13/2016 4:47:52 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: PROCON; Sarah Barracuda; miss marmelstein; GraceG
Sarah Palin sends her regards.
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posted on
08/13/2016 4:48:44 PM PDT
by
KC_Lion
(Never Killary!)
To: Doogle
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posted on
08/13/2016 4:48:59 PM PDT
by
PROCON
("Lock Her Up! Lock Her Up! Lock Her Up!")
To: PROCON
Uh huh. And Gloria only dislikes Hitler because he was a man.
To: PROCON
And you hate Clarance Thomas because you are a racist Gloria!
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posted on
08/13/2016 4:49:57 PM PDT
by
TexasFreeper2009
(You can't spell Hillary without using the letters L, I, A, R)
To: PROCON
No Gloria, it’s not because Hillary is a woman, it’s because Hillary is four decade old mackerel stinking in the hot sun on a bicycle seat.
Everyone’s seen and smelled her and knowns something is truly rotten.
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posted on
08/13/2016 4:50:01 PM PDT
by
Covenantor
(Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
To: PROCON
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posted on
08/13/2016 4:50:26 PM PDT
by
Southside_Chicago_Republican
(If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
To: PROCON
Even if the Hildebeast’s ratings are in the lower cellar they are still better than Gloria’s.
To: PROCON
It’s the corruption, stupid.
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posted on
08/13/2016 4:51:52 PM PDT
by
digger48
To: PROCON
To: PROCON
"As children, most of us are raised by women, so we may tend to associate female authority with childhood. We see it as emotional, overwhelming, perhaps inappropriate to public life, not rational enough," Steinem told the Hollywood Reporter. And here I thought it was because she's a mass murdering psychopath.
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posted on
08/13/2016 4:51:59 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: PROCON
Sure Gloria, the media is being so unfair to her.
Pray America wakes
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posted on
08/13/2016 4:52:08 PM PDT
by
bray
(#NeverLevin)
To: PROCON
And which of her misdeeds do you think I would overlook if she was a man?
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posted on
08/13/2016 4:52:37 PM PDT
by
TwelveOfTwenty
(See my home page for some of my answers to the left's talking points.)
To: PROCON
Just damn!
Will the left NEVER get tired of their bullsqueeze memes???
She’s a CRIMINAL, and that’s just the first reason why we don’t want her as POTUS. While I am sure that somebody out there won’t vote for her because she’s a woman, the rest of us have MUCH bigger fish to fry.
Liberals are INSANE!
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posted on
08/13/2016 4:54:30 PM PDT
by
clee1
(We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
To: Talisker
Hillary's new book.
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posted on
08/13/2016 4:54:39 PM PDT
by
PROCON
("Lock Her Up! Lock Her Up! Lock Her Up!")
To: PROCON
That is tremendous. Stolen and will be emailed to people!
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posted on
08/13/2016 4:55:29 PM PDT
by
LostInBayport
(When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
To: PROCON
No ... but because she is THAT woman.
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posted on
08/13/2016 4:56:31 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof, but they're true ... and it pisses people off)
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