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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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.)
@pnuts_mama Well, follow my thread. I mean, the reason not to put two women on the ticket is a fear people couldn't ~handle~ it, right?
@pnuts_mama I know ~you~ would. But I'm talking about the reason Dems wouldn't put two women on the ticket.
@pnuts_mama It wouldn't be a thing about whether 2 women "double down" on Trump's sexism, it would be a fear about their own voters' sexism.
@pnuts_mama Yeah, so, this guy uses casual sexism to dismiss women while ignoring an actual discussion of how sexism would play into it.
@chrisgeidner Why not Warren as VP? Clintons aren't usually conciliatory, but would energize the base/satisfy the Bernie folks.
@chrisgeidner the top case for Franken would be that RW talking heads have hated Franken for decades.
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