But if sexism is so ugly and pervasive (which I believe it is) do you think she can or should continue to avoid the issue should she become president?

Absolutely not. I should hope it would be part of her agenda to do something about it–anything

Not that Wright’d care. That’s normal. That’s the normal and healthy workings of God’s creation for women to be subjeted to sick, revolting, threatening sex-based hate speech.

Hey, here’s an idea — how about we GET RID OF ALL HATE SPEECH instead of belittling any one kind? Wanna give that one a go?

thank you. I immediately had red flags go up when I heard the comment by Wright about “never been called a N_ _ _ _ _ .” So glad someone else noticed as well.

All of this hatred for women that is not talked about or even noticed by most, or excused by the rest, is disheartening and alarming. I have not heard of a single instance where people at the back of a BO town hall yelled out “Hey, Boy, come shine our shoes, ” Or how about this one….
“How do we beat the Nig_ _ _ .” It would be so offensive, as it rightly should be, and WOULD NOT BE TOLERATED.

Yet, it is OK to treat Hill this way (and by proxy all women). Just saw an ad on one of the blog sites that was selling toilet paper with Hill’s face on each sheet. Well, as Dolores Huerta said in an interview (she co-founded the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez) in Calif. right before primary there, “I’m voting for Hillary because no matter the color, it’s still the old boy’s club”

You said it Dolores.

Thanks again Diane. Let’s see many more brave souls there are out there who are willing to notice what is going on.

All the same, if she had attacked the matter early, and made it clear that every vile, misogynistic insult toward her is a vile insult toward all women and girls, she might have had something. But she didn’t, and I understand why.

I agree completely with your take on Rev. Wright as well. Of course she hasn’t been called that. She’s a white woman. I guess he’s holding that against her. It is frightening to consider the vitriol that is directed against women in America and even more frightening to contemplate how many women don’t seem to mind or even notice. I remember my “h-ha” moment very clearly. Thanks so much for a great commentary. I appreciate your insight.

However, unfortunately, sexism is so completely supported by commerical enterprises (marketing of products, etc.) that it is far more embedded in our society than racism. I am not aware of any successful marketing schemes that utilize objectification of black people to sell a product or racism being used to sell a product. Tell me if I am wrong on that.

In my writings, I have been calling for Senator Obama to denounce sexism as strongly as he denounces racism. So far, he has had many opportunities to do so, but has steered clear of it. Why? Until I am told otherwise, I can only conclude that his disciplined silence on sexism is due to a clear-cut decision to NOT mention such things since it might “elevate” his opponent (Senator Clinton). I see it as a pure political calculation which, if it is (I assume it is until told otherwise), is a huge red-flag regarding Obama’s integrity.

With respect to the links that you provided to CafePress.com’s t-shirts displaying sexist and misogynist trash, you picked some of the tamer ones. If you want to get a better picture of what is out there (way before the general elections, by the way), check this link Anti-Hillary 1 at ConservativeBuys.com, a site supported by CafePress.com and then compare it to how “tame” the anti-Obama products are at the same website — Anti-Obama at ConservativeBuys.com, a site supported by CafePress.com.

Prima facie evidence of how much more acceptable sexism is in our society.