Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Kamala Harris and the shameful history of slamming women as 'unlikable'
Washington Post via SF Gate ^ | October 9, 2020 | by Michael S. Rosenwald , The Washington Post

Posted on 10/09/2020 1:52:34 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

In reviewing Kamala Harris's performance in Wednesday night's debate, two thoughts occurred to President Donald Trump.

"Totally unlikable," he said during an interview on Fox Business. He also called her "a monster" - twice.

Trump, who has never been big on reading, is probably unaware of the historical roots of his likability and monster critiques.

To historians who study women in politics, it was obvious.

"Likability among male politicians is pretty exclusive," said Claire Bond Potter, a professor of history at the New School and the author of a book on political engagement. "This is part of a bigger problem that women have - a permanent outsider status in politics. They are always in the process of gaining entry."

One of the ways to deny women entry is to deny anyone would want to be around them in the first place. The suffragists felt this wrath. So did Hillary Clinton. And now Harris is, too.

The code words are everywhere.

"One of the things that a man has to do to become likable is to be perceived as the kind of guy you want to have a beer with," Potter said, referring to a phrase that was often used to describe Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and John McCain. "You know, it's very rare that one imagines getting to know a woman over a beer. And you never hear anybody say that he's the kind of guy you'd like to sit down over a glass of wine with, right?"

Trump and other male politicians know how to tap into that history of misogyny.

"These ideas are woven through society and really always have been," said Allison K. Lange, a professor of history at Wentworth Institute of Technology and the author of "Picturing Political Power: Images in the Women's Suffrage Movement."

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election2020
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 101-107 next last
To: DoughtyOne

Lefty women, more than others, want things both ways: They want to be treated as absolute equals in every way. Except when they don’t.


21 posted on 10/09/2020 2:01:28 PM PDT by RedElement
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Oldeconomybuyer

Sarah Palin is extremely likable.....don’t all you Libs agree?


22 posted on 10/09/2020 2:01:45 PM PDT by The Fop (God Bless Donald Trump, Frank Sinatra, Joan Rivers, and the Fightin' Rat Pack Wing of the GOP)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Oldeconomybuyer

I thought Sarah Palin was pretty likable, but I don’t think the Washington Post did.


23 posted on 10/09/2020 2:02:16 PM PDT by hanamizu
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

Still not going to be shamed into voting for her.


24 posted on 10/09/2020 2:02:22 PM PDT by proust (Justice delayed is injustice.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Oldeconomybuyer

I’m an EO unliker. Biden is also unlikeable. Actually, I only have to like the policies, not the personalities, for voting purposes.


25 posted on 10/09/2020 2:02:22 PM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Oldeconomybuyer
The suffragists felt this wrath. So did Hillary Clinton. And now Harris is, too.

Interesting they left off Sarah Palin. It is easy to point out she was treated much worse than Clinton or Harris, gaining the hatred of the entire mainstream media for the sole reason of her political party, not her likability, which was self-evident. I can't speak to the the suffragists. That was more during Slow Joe's time. ;)
26 posted on 10/09/2020 2:02:28 PM PDT by siberianheat
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: RedElement

True...


27 posted on 10/09/2020 2:02:30 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (If you're neverTrump at this point, drop the charade, you're just never the United States.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: Oldeconomybuyer

If she was so likeable, then why did she not win one primary, nor any other women?


28 posted on 10/09/2020 2:02:48 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: AnotherUnixGeek

“...and cue the liberals claiming it’s sexist and racist to dislike this incredibly unlikeable woman.”

Even though only 2% of libs “liked” her when they had a chance to express their opinion.


29 posted on 10/09/2020 2:03:28 PM PDT by Magic Fingers (Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: Oldeconomybuyer
" Claire Bond Potter, a professor of history at the New School."

In other words, a nutter:

That's a man, baby!!

30 posted on 10/09/2020 2:03:46 PM PDT by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Oldeconomybuyer

In reviewing Kamala Harris’s performance in Wednesday night’s debate, two thoughts occurred to President Donald Trump.
//

LOL

As if POTUS is the only one who said this. I guess they didn’t catch Luntz focus group after the VP debate.


31 posted on 10/09/2020 2:05:25 PM PDT by snarkytart (The media reads teleprompters for a living and reiterates Dem talking points, they are ignorant.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: siberianheat

Roundheels Harris has experienced NOTHING like what the suffragists did. Neither did this charlatan pseudoscience “Professor”.


32 posted on 10/09/2020 2:05:56 PM PDT by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 26 | View Replies]

To: jdsteel
The division into distinct opposite sexes is and has always been the key to all forms of advanced life.

Women Hostage To Contrived Delusion

Diversity In Context

33 posted on 10/09/2020 2:06:09 PM PDT by Ohioan
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: DoughtyOne

Yes, according to the Secret Code, when describing a man that a woman finds unlikeable, she’s supposed to wince, like she really hates using the words, and say, “I don’t know, there’s just something about him that I don’t like, he makes me feel weird, you know what I mean? Like maybe he’s a pervert or something.”

So ridiculous.

Peach


34 posted on 10/09/2020 2:06:38 PM PDT by CarolinaPeach
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Oldeconomybuyer

35 posted on 10/09/2020 2:06:52 PM PDT by pgyanke (Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Oldeconomybuyer

She can rest assured that, even though she’s unlikable, men will still have sex with her.

They just won’t give her their real name...or their phone number...or their address...or where they work...


36 posted on 10/09/2020 2:06:58 PM PDT by moovova
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Oldeconomybuyer

I thought our President, who is definitely a male, was the most unlikeable person in the world. Everything he utters or does is ridiculed, right down to his orange coloring. Such hypocrites!


37 posted on 10/09/2020 2:07:59 PM PDT by MiddleEarth (With hope or without hope we'll follow the trail of our enemies. Woe to them, if we prove the faster)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Oldeconomybuyer

Is somebody is unlikable, then that’s what they are.

Male or female.


38 posted on 10/09/2020 2:08:07 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Oldeconomybuyer

What names have folks called President Trump?


39 posted on 10/09/2020 2:08:39 PM PDT by petitfour (APPEAL TO HEAVEN)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Oldeconomybuyer

...never big on reading....

/massive eyeroll.


40 posted on 10/09/2020 2:08:42 PM PDT by sauropod (Let them eat kale. I will not comply.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 101-107 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson