In this "Franken for VP" piece (http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/03/the-case-for-vice-president-al-franken-213756 …), I was struck by the casual sexism of this dismissal:pic.twitter.com/tz3UPDrlLj
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Yes, there might be arguments for increasing the diversity of the ticket by having a male VP, but say that, have that discussion.
That would put the discussion on what it actually is about, as opposed to diminishing the role of female senators to their gender.
(And what it's actually about is a much more difficult discussion about how restrictive the options for female politicians still are today.)
@chrisgeidner And when virtually every male candidate in history chose a male running mate, did they need to "double down on gender"?
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