{"id":2390,"date":"2008-05-26T14:07:44","date_gmt":"2008-05-26T14:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/2008\/05\/26\/carnival-of-campaign-sexism\/"},"modified":"2008-05-26T14:07:44","modified_gmt":"2008-05-26T14:07:44","slug":"carnival-of-campaign-sexism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/26\/carnival-of-campaign-sexism\/","title":{"rendered":"Carnival of Campaign Sexism"},"content":{"rendered":"

An impromptu collection of sexist commentary or commentary about sexism related to the Democratic Primary race.Unmasking Sexism In Media Coverage Of Hillary Clinton<\/a><\/p>\n

Deeply rooted sexism in the US as seen in the campaign coverage of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton “hurts us all,” Bradley University professor emeritus Barbara Pendleton told the Peoria chapter of the National Organization for Women at a March 8 meeting to commemorate International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month.Pendleton, an award winning professor, offered a hard hitting analysis of the sexism in the campaign coverage of Clinton. H…”The press has been brutal to Sen. Clinton. Consciously or not, many reporters, commentators and pundits appear to be unable to criticize her without dusting off their favorite sexist clich\u00c3\u00a9s, stereotypes and insults. …Gender bias: discussion of how Clinton looks, laughs, wears, talks, behaves, “even how she claps.””A man demonstrates roughness and strength. A woman who behaves similarly is called icy and rigid.”His behavior shows compassion and warmth, her behavior shows emotions and weakness. He knows how to work the system, she is manipulative” and “calculating.”Discussion of ambition, motivation and drive: “Frequently Sen. Clinton has been charged with being willing to do or say anything to win. When she campaigns hard she is often described as strategizing, calculating or fake. But when men campaign hard it is refusing to cede an inch.”…Attacks on supporters: “There is the claim that women who voted for her are somehow irrational, and voting only on the basis of gender. They implied they were stupid or shallow.”…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Clinton’s Sexism Charges ‘Insulting’<\/a><\/p>\n

Hillary Clinton’s claims of misogyny this week were cheap shots that history’s greatest women never would have uttered, Peggy Noonan writes in the Wall Street Journal . Suggesting that sexism is costing her the nomination is “insulting” and “manipulative”–it paints other candidates’ supporters as biased–it’s false, and ultimately, Noonan notes, it is “undermining of the position of women.”…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Clinton responds to seemingly sexist shouts<\/a><\/p>\n

Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign stop was interrupted Monday when two men stood in the crowd and began screaming, “Iron my shirt!” during one of her final appearances before the New Hampshire primary.Clinton, a former first lady running to become the nation’s first female president, laughed at the seemingly sexist protest that suggested a woman’s place is doing the laundry and not running the country….<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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