RUSH LIMBAUGH on his radio show April 1st: "And if they -- you know, if Hillary doesn't get it -- you have to understand the mindset of a lot of these feminists and women. They think they're owed this -- just like Obama supporters think they're owed this. These women have paid their dues. They've been married two or three times; they've had two or three abortions; they've done everything that feminism asked them to do. They have cut men out of their lives; they have devoted themselves to causes and careers. And this -- the candidacy of Hillary Clinton -- is the culmination of all of these women's efforts. And if it gets stolen from them, in their minds -- not actually stolen, but if the country or if the Democrat [sic] Party rejects this wonderfully great, lying woman in exchange for a rookie, radical black guy who can't tell the time of day, they are going to be so miffed. They are going to be so upset."
There is no way I can address all of the misogyny of this comment in one post so I'll be brief.
I think this outlook of feminists is so sad its funny. The idea that feminists are against babies, families is first of all not true. Statistics show most women who label themselves as feminists are in relationships or married. Many have children. But to picture a feminist as a regular member of society is too scary for anti-equality women-haters. They need to see feminists as "other."
So, they devise a world where feminism becomes a check list-albeit a very f-ed up checklist: _dump man? Check. _devote self to career? Check. _multiple abortions (which...confuses me. Who is getting us preggers if we're dumping our guys in favor of other women and work? But I digress). Check and check.
And now looky loo if I didn't "do everything feminism" asks of me. Where is my Clinton win? Where is my woman in the White House? Oh dear. Something must be wrong with feminism.
Rush should only open his mouth for Oxycotin.
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