It's starting. The thinly and not-so-thinly veiled misogynistic commentary about Hillary Clinton. The culprit I am pointing out at this time is not surprising, yet disappointing - Jon Stewart. Watching The Daily Show is basically like taking a bath in super-charged masculinity every night, but still I watch it. I suppose it's still a breath of fresh air in the current climate, but it rarely fails to alienate me. Last night it was so apparent, the way they covered Clinton vs. the way they covered Obama. Dredging up stereotypes about how women like to "talk" and men don't want to have to listen to women "talk." How Clinton's campaign isn't going to appeal to men because it will somehow remind them of their nagging wives?? Good god.
And another thing, what's the deal with media outlets referring to her as "Mrs." Clinton instead of Senator Clinton? Gets on my nerves.
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Donna Shulala was on Colbert last night. She refered to Hilary Clinton as "Mrs. Clinton" and she's helping campaign for Clinton 08. Is it possible the campaign is going to use "Mrs." over Senator? What would be the motivation for that? Inquiring minds want to know.
I saw that as well. Maybe it's part of the whole "softening the image" thing, referred to in that Mommy Mantra article.
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