Reclusive Leftist has a great post up showing what people are voting for when they vote for Barack Obama.
Her post points out something I noted a long time ago: the misogyny in this election is a bipartisan affair. We're usually lectured that only Republicans are sexist, largely because they are pro-life and pro-business. But no, there's no party affiliation for this stuff.
Reclusive Leftist also has a nice post on the fact that feminism isn't only a leftwing idea.
And word to the youngsters: you don’t grow a feminist revolution by telling those middle-of-the-roaders and conservatives that they don’t get to join because they aren’t pure enough. Aren’t as hip as you are, aren’t sufficiently on board with the whole program. Especially not when you yourself are patriarchy-complicit in a thousand ways — as are we all.
Feminism is supposed to be about equality for women. That's a pretty broad definition, but it includes the idea that different people will have different approaches to achieving that end. I don't have to always agree with leftwingers on specific issues--and I will never agree with them about things like abortion--but that doesn't mean conservative women don't want to create a world where women are treated as equals to men...including as politicians.
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