The feminist leadership's response to Sarah Palin's nomination is predictable because acknowledging the glass ceiling is broken makes them obsolete.
swdowning said 09/09, 01:55 AM
For decades the feminist screed has focused on the "glass ceiling," an ever-present oppressor of women. Feminist leaders have made a good living out of perpetuating this myth. Now, when they're faced with the possibility that the glass ceiling will be shattered in a most public way, they understandably oppose the one who might do it.
Sure, they have other reasons to object to Palin: she has opposed most, if not all, of their pet issues. But if her election can dispel the glass ceiling myth, their political viability suffers a debilitating blow. It is this possibility, more than her stances on their pet issues, that represents the greatest threat to their existence.
If the feminist leadership were forced to acknowledge the true gains women have made, they'd be out of a job. Similarly, if the black leadership were to agree with the things that Bill Cosby is saying these days, it would be their undoing.
The ongoing viability of the feminist movement requires their leadership to perpetuate the errant belief that women are oppressed, as it is these leaders who benefit.
Protecting women is less important to them than is protecting their political viability, and thus, their jobs.
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sw. i'm not sure that's going to help. you have to challenge the new profile of suzdev2. but i could easily be wrong.
Skipper04 | 09/09/08
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Skipper04: Maybe, but she should be able to sign on with the old ID. I figured that she was blocked just because she was using the new ID.
swdowning | 09/09/08
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Please keep it clean. Bad words will get filtered, and offensive comments will be removed.
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The following is copied from the original Face Off that we are abandoning. I'm including it because I think it adds to the debate. Suzdev: There are, however, a couple of points you brought up that are not germane to the topic, and so might reasonably be addressed here, though as a general rule, I like to steer clear of the Comments section - at least until the Face Off is over. You say that it is Census Bureau statistics that detail the pay gap between men and women. I say it is the quarterly report of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Here's the link: http://www.bls.gov/cps/earnings.htm#earn. Please provide yours. I also say that when you drill down through the data, it becomes clear that men earn more because they work more, based on the report's Full Time Employment figures. I can expand on that, if you'd like. Also, I had already read Steinem's article, and was less than impressed. Finally, your last sentence is presumptuous and out of line. You presume that I couldn't have formulated my challenge had I not taken my "cues" from sources vilified by you and your ilk. Yet you cite an outside source containing phrases expropriated by you for your comment, so who is taking cues from whom? I'll ignore, for the nonce, your imperious tone, and chalk it up to your misguided impression that you have (either by virtue of your sex or your youth) some right to issue edicts that others are obligated to obey. I don't roll that way.
swdowning | 09/09/08
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