This edition of feminisms is inspired by this post at Feministe which discusses "awards" given out in Australia for egregious acts of sexism. Perhaps we can learn from the Aussies and begin our own awards at Daily Kos.
Come with me after the jump...
Feminisms is a series of weekly feminist diaries. My fellow feminists and I decided to start our own for several purposes: we wanted a place to chat with each other, we felt it was important to both share our own stories and learn from others’, and we hoped to introduce to the community a better understanding of what feminism is about.
Needless to say, we expect disagreements to arise. We have all had different experiences in life, so while we share the same labels, we don’t necessarily share the same definitions. Hopefully, we can all be patient and civil with each other, and remember that, ultimately, we’re all on the same side.
Here are some of my nominations:
Seriously, we could have a whole contest focused on Hillary Clinton Derangement Syndrome.
My first nominee is Chris Matthews, who said after Hillary Clinton's win in the New Hampshire primary:
...the reason she's a U.S. senator, the reason she's a candidate for president, the reason she may be a front-runner is her husband messed around.
He later apologized, but it was hardly his first offense.
My second nominee is Roger Stone, notorious Republican dirty trickster for starting an anti-Hillary Clinton 527 called Citizens United Not Timid. He even sold t-shirts with the acronym proudly emblazoned on the front.
My next nominee is Pat Oliphant, for this cartoon about Hillary's show of emotion before the New Hampshire primary. I can't tell you how much this cartoon pisses me off.
For a non-Hillary Clinton nomination, Christopher Hitchens for his musings on why women just aren't funny:
Why are men, taken on average and as a whole, funnier than women? Well, for one thing, they had damn well better be. The chief task in life that a man has to perform is that of impressing the opposite sex...
So, if you start with a false premise...
For lifetime achievement in sexism, I nominate Phyllis Schlafly, professional anti-feminist. Schlafly came to prominence as an anti-ERA activist and is the founder and head of the Eagle Forum.
Some of her greatest hits:
-Much of the demand for women in combat comes from female officers who are eager for medals and promotions.
-Every country that has experimented with women in actual combat has abandoned the idea, and the notion that Israel uses women in combat is a feminist myth.
-Putting women in military combat is the cutting edge of the feminist goal to force us into an androgynous society.
-Feminism is doomed to failure because it is based on an attempt to repeal and restructure human nature.
-What I am defending is the real rights of women. A woman should have the right to be in the home as a wife and mother.
-Sexual harassment on the job is not a problem for virtuous women.
-Sex education classes are like inhome sales parties for abortions.
-And the first commandment of feminism is: I am woman; thou shalt not tolerate strange gods who assert that women have capabilities or often choose roles that are different from men's.
-Men should stop treating feminists like ladies, and instead treat them like the men they say they want to be.
So, in the spirit of Thanksgiving (thank you that these people have lost a lot of power), offer your own thoughts and nominations.