Here's another thing I don't like about this primary: now that there are only two Democratic candidates, it's suddenly horribly absolutely crystal-clear that this is an election about gender and race. This may have always been true, but weeks ago it wasn't so obvious -- once upon a time there were eight candidates, and although six of them withered away, their presence in the campaign managed to obscure things. Even around the time of Ohio, when there were primarily three candidates, the outlines were murky, because Edwards was still in there, picking up votes from all sectors.
But now there are two and we're facing Pennsylvania and whom are we kidding? This is an election about whether the people of Pennsylvania hate blacks more than they hate women. And when I say people, I don't mean people, I mean white men. How ironic is this? After all this time, after all these stupid articles about how powerless white men are and how they can't even get into college because of overachieving women and affirmative action and mean lady teachers who expected them to sit still in the third grade even though they were all suffering from terminal attention deficit disorder -- after all this, they turn out (surprise!) to have all the power. (As they always did, by the way; I hope you didn't believe any of those articles.)
To put it bluntly, the next president will be elected by them: the outcome of Tuesday's primary will depend on whether they go for Hillary or Obama, and the outcome of the general election will depend on whether enough of them vote for McCain. A lot of them will: white men cannot be relied on, as all of us know who have spent a lifetime dating them. And McCain is a compelling candidate, particularly because of the Torture Thing. As for the Democratic hope that McCain's temper will be a problem, don't bet on it. A lot of white men have terrible tempers, and what's more, they think it's normal.
1) This is the reason why Democrats have the "elitist" title on them to begin with.
2) She is a step away from calling all white men "abusers" in this piece.
3) She's using the same damn feminists arguments to justify her statements about "white men."
I hate feminists. I really do. As much as I agree to the idea of equal rights for all regardless of race or gender, I can't bear to call myself a feminist because I love men too much. Her whole argument is based on the concept that "white men are evil" and that "they have all the power." Although she will deny it, diversity in this country has forced white man and men in general into the background when it comes to education and employment.
Below is a picture of one of the many men in my life who makes a difference every day -- my husband.
He is the biggest teddy bear in the world. He is not the "typical white male" stereotype that Ephron portrays him to be. I have only seen him raise his voice a few times since I've known him, and never to me. He treats me like a queen, and he's there for me every step of the way. Whenever I hear people denigrate men, I keep thinking to myself that it's because they don't have the pleasure of knowing this man.My husband, as well as the other men in my life such as my brother (a Navy veteran who served at Guantanamo Bay for a few months) and my late father, are the reason why I don't agree with feminism.
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