Comments on: Sexism at Large in American Politics: Armed and Dangerous http://maybemaimed.com/2008/06/09/sexism-at-large-in-america-armed-and-dangerous/ Because 'kinky' is an adjective, not an activity Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:25:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: maymay http://maybemaimed.com/2008/06/09/sexism-at-large-in-america-armed-and-dangerous/#comment-3483 maymay Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:54:39 +0000 http://maybemaimed.com/?p=182#comment-3483 Interesting comments. Thanks for your thoughts. <blockquote>I feel terrible for the politicians who have to live secret lives. It’s sad more than anything when sex scandals come out.</blockquote> Don't feel too sad for these people, alterisego. Some of them end up with very lucrative book deals. Frankly, if I were in politics and I were wanting an easy out with lots of money, I'd choose to have a sex scandal and then write about it. :) But I guess this blog kind of preempts that second bit, doesn't it? <blockquote>Historically sexism has worked in favor of male candidates, take for an example JFK. I would debate that his good looks and charm was a formidable force in bringing women to the polls to vote for him. So, there such a thing as “positive resulting sexism”.</blockquote> I can see where you're going with this, BBW Switch, but I'm not sure that alone can be correctly classified as sexism. The fact that good looking people are simply more likely to be well-received by a large population is simply an evolutionary fact. See also <a href="http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/04/08/plastic-surgery-is-the-next-must-have-career-tool-maybe/" rel="nofollow">Penelope Trunk's "Plastic surgery is the next must-have career tool. Maybe."</a> Interesting comments. Thanks for your thoughts.

I feel terrible for the politicians who have to live secret lives. It’s sad more than anything when sex scandals come out.

Don’t feel too sad for these people, alterisego. Some of them end up with very lucrative book deals. Frankly, if I were in politics and I were wanting an easy out with lots of money, I’d choose to have a sex scandal and then write about it. :) But I guess this blog kind of preempts that second bit, doesn’t it?

Historically sexism has worked in favor of male candidates, take for an example JFK. I would debate that his good looks and charm was a formidable force in bringing women to the polls to vote for him. So, there such a thing as “positive resulting sexism”.

I can see where you’re going with this, BBW Switch, but I’m not sure that alone can be correctly classified as sexism. The fact that good looking people are simply more likely to be well-received by a large population is simply an evolutionary fact. See also Penelope Trunk’s “Plastic surgery is the next must-have career tool. Maybe.”

]]> By: BBW Switch http://maybemaimed.com/2008/06/09/sexism-at-large-in-america-armed-and-dangerous/#comment-3482 BBW Switch Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:45:42 +0000 http://maybemaimed.com/?p=182#comment-3482 Personally, if our country allowed for a third term in the presidency I would vote, again, for President Clinton. Did I think ethically it was right for him to cheat on his wife? No, but what does the relationship between a husband and wife have to do with politics? Secondly, what does ethics have to do with politics? That is a contradiction in terms. Honestly, the man was running the country so well that he had time in his schedule for a blow-job, that to me, is a reason for re-election. Historically sexism has worked in favor of male candidates, take for an example JFK. I would debate that his good looks and charm was a formidable force in bringing women to the polls to vote for him. So, there such a thing as "positive resulting sexism". The negative sexism directed toward Hillary Clinton is simply out of fear because in general men are not capable of valuing a woman without a sexual baseline. To be blunt, if they don't want to fuck her, they don't want to deal with her. Unfortunately, women also fear her because women view their own value from a sexual perspective and are afraid of having that threatened because it would mean recreating an identity that is not sexualized. Just my nickel's worth. :) Personally, if our country allowed for a third term in the presidency I would vote, again, for President Clinton.
Did I think ethically it was right for him to cheat on his wife? No, but what does the relationship between a husband and wife have to do with politics? Secondly, what does ethics have to do with politics? That is a contradiction in terms.
Honestly, the man was running the country so well that he had time in his schedule for a blow-job, that to me, is a reason for re-election.
Historically sexism has worked in favor of male candidates, take for an example JFK. I would debate that his good looks and charm was a formidable force in bringing women to the polls to vote for him. So, there such a thing as “positive resulting sexism”.
The negative sexism directed toward Hillary Clinton is simply out of fear because in general men are not capable of valuing a woman without a sexual baseline. To be blunt, if they don’t want to fuck her, they don’t want to deal with her.
Unfortunately, women also fear her because women view their own value from a sexual perspective and are afraid of having that threatened because it would mean recreating an identity that is not sexualized.
Just my nickel’s worth. :)

]]> By: alterisego http://maybemaimed.com/2008/06/09/sexism-at-large-in-america-armed-and-dangerous/#comment-3480 alterisego Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:39:25 +0000 http://maybemaimed.com/?p=182#comment-3480 I'm an Obama fan and I have still paid close, appalled attention to Clinton's mistreatment in the hands of the sexist majority. I think there is something to be said for the argument that people can get away with sexism directed towards Clinton where they could never get away with a similar degree of racism directed towards Obama. (And the way Clinton has had to paint herself as an essentially dominant woman, a "man's woman," is further evidence of that sexism.) I feel terrible for the politicians who have to live secret lives. It's sad more than anything when sex scandals come out. I’m an Obama fan and I have still paid close, appalled attention to Clinton’s mistreatment in the hands of the sexist majority. I think there is something to be said for the argument that people can get away with sexism directed towards Clinton where they could never get away with a similar degree of racism directed towards Obama. (And the way Clinton has had to paint herself as an essentially dominant woman, a “man’s woman,” is further evidence of that sexism.)

I feel terrible for the politicians who have to live secret lives. It’s sad more than anything when sex scandals come out.

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