Here in Canada we’ve been following the Democratic primaries much closer than usual as the situation is so unique. It seems that Hilary Clinton is damned if she does & damned if she doesn’t.
The American press is making a big deal of a black man running, but not celebrating that a woman is running. I heard a US feminist leader a couple of months ago on the radio say that having a woman running wasn’t an issue, because women have their rights in the US, but that a black man was a big deal.
I knew this wasn’t right. I just didn’t believe that America was ready for a woman. This appears to be the case. It turns out that black men in the US got the vote 50 years before any women did. Also, women do have the same high profile in leadership positions in the US as in developing countries. The following observations underscore these points:
Feminist analysis of the Democratic Leadership race
Here’s some commentary about Hillary Clinton’s Campaign
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Here in Canada we’ve been following the Democratic primaries much closer than usual as the situation is so unique. It seems that Hilary Clinton is damned if she does & damned if she doesn’t.
The American press is making a big deal of a black man running, but not celebrating that a woman is running. I heard a US feminist leader a couple of months ago on the radio say that having a woman running wasn’t an issue, because women have their rights in the US, but that a black man was a big deal.
I knew this wasn’t right. I just didn’t believe that America was ready for a woman. This appears to be the case. It turns out that black men in the US got the vote 50 years before any women did. Also, women do have the same high profile in leadership positions in the US as in developing countries. The following observations underscore these points:
Feminist analysis of the Democratic Leadership race
Here’s some commentary about Hillary Clinton’s Campaign