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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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To: PROCON
So she is saying that people hate their mothers?

Project much Gloria?

41 posted on 08/13/2016 5:24:00 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: PROCON

Maybe its because she is THAT woman.


42 posted on 08/13/2016 5:25:02 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: PROCON

Yeah that’s it Glo. Twats twat and that’s that.


43 posted on 08/13/2016 5:26:43 PM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: PROCON

Actually her gender is the only reason her approvals are as high as they are.


44 posted on 08/13/2016 5:27:34 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: mvonfr
< Not because she is a woman, but because she is a murderous bitch.

You're being nice. The list is much much longer...

45 posted on 08/13/2016 5:29:28 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: PROCON

Yawn


46 posted on 08/13/2016 5:29:28 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: PROCON

Shut up,Gloria——no one cares what you think anymore,and I NEVER did.

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47 posted on 08/13/2016 5:30:32 PM PDT by Mears
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To: PROCON

It’s sounds like Steinem has started short circuiting too. It must be something female liberals go through.


48 posted on 08/13/2016 5:31:50 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Let's Make Our Government and Founding Documents Great Again!)
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To: PROCON

H->! just presents as a woman. She is one of the other 55 genders. Steinem is so out of touch.


49 posted on 08/13/2016 5:38:45 PM PDT by Paladin2 (auto spelchk? BWAhaha2haaa.....I aint't likely fixin' nuttin'. Blame it on the Bossa Nova...)
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50 posted on 08/13/2016 5:41:25 PM PDT by Enchante (Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
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To: PROCON

Gloria, no one listens to you anymore. Just go quietly into the sunset of your life.

And see a Priest for Confession.


51 posted on 08/13/2016 5:41:57 PM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: PROCON
somebody who represents your majority interest

Gloria, Gloria, Gloria. She's the bleached blonde who married the boss. She's as far from feminism as it is possible to be.

52 posted on 08/13/2016 5:47:26 PM PDT by firebrand
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To: PROCON

No, Gloria, she has low approval ratings because she’s a deceitful, lying, corrupt assh*le.


53 posted on 08/13/2016 5:51:37 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: PROCON

No, it is because Women voters usually connect emotionally and decide emotionally and Hillary’s stroke addled brain has the emotional range of a Roomba.


54 posted on 08/13/2016 5:52:46 PM PDT by GraceG (Only a fool works hard in an environment where hard work is not appreciated...)
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To: PROCON

Oh really? We thought it’s because she’s a liar, a crook, a failure at everything she’s done since being fired from her first job as a Watergate lawyer, and would be a horrible president.


55 posted on 08/13/2016 5:57:30 PM PDT by txrefugee
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To: mvonfr

“...because she’s a murderous bitch.”

Actually, I was thinking it’s because she’s a murderous c*nt.


56 posted on 08/13/2016 5:57:50 PM PDT by Roger Kaputnik (Just because I'm paranoid doesn't prove that they aren't out to get me.)
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To: PROCON

Everyone know females running for Presidents only get 78 votes for every 100 votes their male contender gets!


57 posted on 08/13/2016 6:46:25 PM PDT by Lockbox
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To: Enchante

As one senate candidate says: her pantsuit should be changed for an orange jumpsuit. Not only crooked, a liar, but evil to the max. There a
Is a dark power behind this evil woman.


58 posted on 08/13/2016 7:03:36 PM PDT by magdalen
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To: PROCON

The check cleared, another POS whom will never be missed.


59 posted on 08/13/2016 7:05:22 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: Maceman

Works for me...I’m glad to see the low approval rating regardless of the reason...


60 posted on 08/13/2016 7:29:15 PM PDT by Iscool
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