Attacks On Women's Appearances in Political Discussions posted 2/9/2008 12:37:39 PM | 3 kudos what's this?     report abuse

LipGlossQueen9

You know what I am sincerely tired of?

A woman's physical appearance entering a political debate at any time, at any place, for any reason at all...as if it has any bearing on the discussion or is any kind of appropriate for what is being discussed.

It started awhile ago, when I noticed that men in the Politics and Current Events forum would compliment my looks when I was trying to get a serious point across. Then I noticed this happening in my everyday life, along with men in my everyday life ignoring me to listen to something another man had to say...but that's besides the point.

As I became more familiar with this, I familiarised myself with the "Hillary Clinton is a hag" tactic. Yes, because her looks have anything to do with her presidential campaign, right? Are we holding a Meat Auction (er- excuse me- Miss America)? Is this the 2008 Diva Search? I never knew one of the qualifications to be President was to be sexually attractive, because...excuse me...LOOK AT ALL OUR PAST PRESIDENTS! Look at all the ugly dorks we've elected!

Then, there's the "Conservative women are hotter than liberal women" thing. First of all, who in their right mind finds the gangly, awkward bag-of-bones zombie with an Adam's Apple Ann Coulter "attractive"? Second of all...if a woman is fighting for a cause, and is intelligent and has fostered other talents other than her appearance...what the hell do you care? Some women have other talents besides "looking pretty". This is a major problem, inferring that the women of the Left are less because they aren't blond dolls like the women of the Right. Is that what you base a woman's merits off of, the way she looks? Seriously, you know what the first words out of people's mouths are when they talk about Cindy Sheehan, if they don't like her?? "That ugly bitch", etc. Wow, so instead of criticising her motives and f***ed up way of going about things, you attack her face. Good on you, you're an intelligent one. All that says to me is that they can't really think of a legitimate reason to attack the woman except that they know she's a Liberal and they know she's not very pretty. So they'll just call her "another ugly Liberal woman".

Women will never advance if they allow these attacks, and/or participate in them. Women have ideas, we are not just a face and a body. I am seriously tired of hearing attacks on our appearances in a place where appearance should hold no water: the realm of politics. When was the last time anyone attacked Mike Huckabee and John McCain for being ugly f***s? And when was the last time anyone pointed out that Fred Thompson looks like a bulldog (perhaps a bulldogs ass), and Rudy Giuliani looks like a rodent? Nope, I've never heard any of that. Only that Hillary Clinton isn't very pretty. Sickening.

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