Reply #303: No problem, I freely admit we're a sexist nation... [View All]

just as we're a racist one, an ageist one, and just about any other 'ist' you can come up with. Those behaviors are bred into our psyches and each of us will struggle with them as best we can. Hopefully, those who choose to have children will teach their kids better than they were taught and things will get better.

Now, does that justify the conclusion that Senator Clinton has been bested in the contest to be the nominee for president of the Democratic Party as a result of sexism? I don't believe so. As I said before, I'm certain that some folks voted against her as a result of her gender and their antipathy toward women. Just as certainly some folks voted against Senator Obama based on their antipathy to wards his race. And just as certainly some folks voted for each of them for the same reasons. I do not believe that the issue was decided on the basis of those issues, however.

Does that get closer to what you need? Or, do you want me to ascribe Senator Obama's victory to his personal antipathy to wards women? Or his campaign's anti-woman attitudes? Or his supporters common misogyny? Where does it need to go?