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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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1 posted on 08/13/2016 4:45:41 PM PDT by PROCON
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Gloria Steinem: Clinton has low approval ratings because she's a woman

You mean, like Sarah Palin?

2 posted on 08/13/2016 4:47:25 PM PDT by Maceman (Screw the Party. Save the Country.)
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Not because she is a woman, but because she is a murderous bitch.


3 posted on 08/13/2016 4:47:47 PM PDT by mvonfr
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To: PROCON

Go away you old bat....you can visit her in jail
LOCK HER UP!


4 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))
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To: PROCON; Sarah Barracuda; miss marmelstein; GraceG

Sarah Palin sends her regards.


5 posted on 08/13/2016 4:48:44 PM PDT by KC_Lion (Never Killary!)
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To: Doogle

6 posted on 08/13/2016 4:48:59 PM PDT by PROCON ("Lock Her Up! Lock Her Up! Lock Her Up!")
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Uh huh. And Gloria only dislikes Hitler because he was a man.


7 posted on 08/13/2016 4:49:13 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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And you hate Clarance Thomas because you are a racist Gloria!
8 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)
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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.


9 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)
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Whatever you say, Toots.


10 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.)
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To: PROCON

Even if the Hildebeast’s ratings are in the lower cellar they are still better than Gloria’s.


11 posted on 08/13/2016 4:51:50 PM PDT by bamapreacher
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It’s the corruption, stupid.


12 posted on 08/13/2016 4:51:52 PM PDT by digger48
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Yeah. That’s the reason.


13 posted on 08/13/2016 4:51:57 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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"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.

14 posted on 08/13/2016 4:51:59 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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Sure Gloria, the media is being so unfair to her.

Pray America wakes


15 posted on 08/13/2016 4:52:08 PM PDT by bray (#NeverLevin)
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To: PROCON

And which of her misdeeds do you think I would overlook if she was a man?


16 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.)
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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!


17 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.)
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To: Talisker
Hillary's new book.


18 posted on 08/13/2016 4:54:39 PM PDT by PROCON ("Lock Her Up! Lock Her Up! Lock Her Up!")
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That is tremendous. Stolen and will be emailed to people!


19 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...)
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To: PROCON

No ... but because she is THAT woman.


20 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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