I’m not sure I agree.
He might be right but there are women (like me for example) who are so tired of virtually every portrayal of women in the media as women = victim.
I don’t view myself as a victim and never have. This relentless portrayal of women as victims (and that pretty much being the totality of their experience as women) is most harmful to women whose experience doesn’t match or who refuse to view themselves that way regardless of their experience.
I’ve been accused of being ‘in the closet’ about being abused as a child (which I wasn’t) or an assault survivor (which I am not) the sole evidence being that I refuse to view myself as a victim. The theory is that if you won’t confess to being a victim of *something* then you’re hiding something.
Yes, over a lifetime I’ve occasionally encountered sexism and boorishness in a few men. Big deal. I still don’t see myself as a victim, as the media and Democrats want me to see myself.
In a sense, the media has made me a victim of their relentless woman=victim campaign because they’ve convinced just about everyone to see me as a victim of *something*. Only I’ve always fought back. I will not succumb to it. Part of that is doing everything I can to undermine the media and those who use it as a means to an end, even to an end I might otherwise agree with.
I’m pretty sure there are many other women like me, but whether there are enough of us, I can’t say. I know so many women; strong, smart, talented, and fortunate in every conceivable way, who nonetheless view themselves as victims. It’s an easy out in case of personal failure, so it’s somewhat understandable. It can pay to have a CYA “it’s not my fault” card to play in one’s hip pocket, just in case.
This is Clinton’s calling card and she wields it masterfully.
Too many women benefit financially by playing victim, and it guides their votes. Just as they push this “lean in” line to get women more involved in higher functions at their jobs, I’ve “leaned back” and worked like a girl for the past 5 years - and will continue to do so until my compensation matches the less qualified token females promoted at my job solely to fend off lawsuits.
They don’t enjoy having someone expect them to work more than an 8-hour workday; I’m enjoying having no such expectations of me anymore.
Amen Lorianne, I’m right there with you!
It’s a sick thing these feminists have imposed on naive women, and I see it all the time.
My radar is always on alert for the victim mentality and run as fast and far as I can from it.
Be forewarned though, she is a Hillary supporter, although everything she discusses seems to go against supporting America's most well-known Muslim-loving professional victim.
Very well said.