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January 10, 2008

Sexist Women Feeling Empowered

My son told me yesterday that his female Spanish teacher was talking about the Presidential election earlier this week. I asked him what she said. He said she told the kids this was an extremely important election and she hoped they were paying attention because everyone needed to vote. Fine, I thought. Then he told me she said she was supporting Hillary Clinton. Okay, I thought. I see no problem with her sharing that. Then he said she told the kids the reason she was supporting Hillary Clinton was because women had been held down too long. Hmmm, I thought. I don't personally think that's a good reason to vote for Hillary, but we are talking high school and the kids ought to be exposed to various opinions. Then he said she told the class that the best man for a job was a woman. And that made me mad. I have two boys. I don't appreciate their being talked to as if they are second-class citizens.

Sexism is really just another variation on the hate-those-who-are-different theme, and women looking down on men is no different from men looking down on women. We have had enough of these divisions in this country, haven't we?

Posted by Becky at January 10, 2008 10:23 PM