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 ...
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.
Sarah Palin is extremely likable.....don’t all you Libs agree?
I thought Sarah Palin was pretty likable, but I don’t think the Washington Post did.
Still not going to be shamed into voting for her.
I’m an EO unliker. Biden is also unlikeable. Actually, I only have to like the policies, not the personalities, for voting purposes.
True...
If she was so likeable, then why did she not win one primary, nor any other women?
“...and cue the liberals claiming its 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.
In other words, a nutter:
That's a man, baby!!
In reviewing Kamala Harris’s performance in Wednesday night’s debate, two thoughts occurred to President Donald Trump.
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LOL
As if POTUS is the only one who said this. I guess they didn’t catch Luntz focus group after the VP debate.
Roundheels Harris has experienced NOTHING like what the suffragists did. Neither did this charlatan pseudoscience “Professor”.
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
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...
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!
Is somebody is unlikable, then that’s what they are.
Male or female.
What names have folks called President Trump?
...never big on reading....
/massive eyeroll.
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