Do you remember when you were the young woman in the photo, Gloria? When you and so many others were fighting the battle for equal rights for women. When women were considered inferior to men to be engineers, scientists, doctors, judges, professors, chefs, and executives?
Look around you Gloria. Look at the GenXer’s and the millinials. Look at those young women, because they are the fruits of your labor. They are your success story! They have grown up knowing that they were completely equal to men, and could climb the highest mountains to reach their goals. They don’t know the battles you fought, so they don’t have the scars you have, or the ever vigilant eye you have on your enemy….men.
These young women are your children. They are what you strove for, what you fought for and what you hoped for. They do not see men as their enemies, but as their equals. They don’t feel oppressed by men. They feel completely accepted and can meet situations head on, on their own merits. You should be proud of these young women.
Millinials and GenX women see people as equals and because they do, they can judge people and politicians by the content of their character and not by the nature of their genitalia. They aren’t as concerned as older feminists about electing “the first female president” because they have full confidence that they will see that in their lifetime, as they have grown up with female role models all around them, from doctors, executives, scientists, supreme court justices, and secretaries of state. They know it will come. So they aren’t as willing to grade on the curve when it comes to women running for President. They fully expect those women to meet the challenge on their merits, and if those merits are found wanting or lacking, they judge that as equally as they do for men. These young women are smart too. They know how to find out what they need to know about the people who are vying for their votes. Hillary Clinton has a searchable, verifiable history and good or bad these young women are capable of perusing it and seeing if they find it acceptable or not, just as they can do with any of the other candidates who are running. Because of technology today, these generations are easily more informed and knowledgable , and know where to go to research a candidates history. They can also research Bernie Sanders history, and find out if he is someone they would trust to be the President of the United States, and if he is someone they can trust to work for their interests.
Your dismissal of these young women as just being horny and supporting Bernie simply to find boys, is sooo disappointing on so many levels. But it isn’t just you. It's so many feminists of your generation. Older feminists have been fighting for so long for equality for women that they can’t see that so many of their battles have been WON!! Not all, but so many battles have been won.
Shame on you, Gloria, and all baby boomer feminists for slut shaming the younger women for following their own judgement. You do a disservice to yourself and all you’ve done as well when you insist that all women should want to vote for a woman, simply because she is a woman.