Check out my latest at The Guardian, “Hockey mom or president, Sarah Palin insults all women in politics.”
A snippet:
In her widely watched Oprah appearance, Palin said that she resented people questioning her ability to serve as vice-president while being a mother to five children – something a man would never be asked. But Palin also complained that in her interview with Couric, she thought she would be speaking to the reporter “working mom [to] working mom” and that she was annoyed with “her badgering and questions”.
In other words, Palin thought that because Couric was a woman, she wouldn’t take her job as a journalist seriously. Palin expected a puff piece instead of pesky questions about economics, abortion and Palin’s policies – you know, things a “working mom” couldn’t possibly be bothered with.
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Great article. Good to see someone speaking some common sense in the midst of the media’s latest round of Palin-maina.
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Many men have spent decades trying to change this perception and developing relationships that are supportive of woman, feminist ideals and healthy heterosexual relationships filled with warmth, dialogues, caring and mutual support. Men and woman need to see the opportunities and benefits in male relationships for heterosexual men that do care about communication with each other and with woman and are willing to see woman as the powerful, sensitive caring, loving, strong, leaders and feminists that they are.
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