Monday, December 8, 2008

A sexist pig in Obama's campaign ...

--Update below--

I find no humor in this. Boyz will be boyz does NOT excuse this. If these creeps are still at this stage of their development then send them back to junior high.

The picture is here. I'm not going to post it ...
"This is a textbook example of the “double bind.” If Clinton called Favreau out on his sexism, she’d be accused of wrongfully and selfishly undermining the Obama transition team. By declining to do so, she gets accused by Campbell Brown of letting down womenkind."
ADDED 12/09/08: Perspective makes it worse as it's not just a few individuals, but the system. Just like Abu Ghraib.

I guess my point is that campaigns are dysfunctional and crazy, and not so much about sexism as they are about hyper-testosterone. (There’s some overlap, but they’re not the same thing.) The younger staffers demonize their opponent and operate from their lizard brains, much like the kind of shirtless guys painted the team colors that you see at winter football games. Yes, what took place in this picture is sexism. But it’s institutionalized and inbred sexism.

These young guys are only acting the way their Wiser Elders have taught them.

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