Remember when feminists complained time after time about the existence of a glass ceiling that prevented them from assuming the very top positions? After the disclosure of Democratic National Committee emails, that paradigm can be tossed aside in many circumstances. What we saw was the effort by women to use their institutional power to push the candidacy of a man to the sidelines of public discourse.
Bernie Sanders did not threaten them at all as women. You can tell by the kind of woman that he chose as a wife that he is a quintessential beta, desirous to make his wife proud in the public eye. You can tell that he has never been the kind of man to be domineering and demanding of his prerogatives. You can tell that his heart bleeds for the suffering of the lowliest person and that he is prompted to take the lowly side in every issue.
But that was not good enough for the female Democratic Establishment. We now know of the general attitude of the office of Debbie Wasserman Schultz. We know that her institutional power was used to push the media against Bernie Sanders. And we know that she was not beneath playing a dirty game against him.
But that’s not all. Hillary Clinton began her campaign with the implication that you need to support her because she is a woman. That implied that anyone who stood in her way could be cast aside as a sexist. Women all over the media concurred, saying that a Clinton victory was an essential step in the advancement of women everywhere, without regard for the nonexistent nature of policy differences regarding women’s rights.
The Establishment decided to double-down, with Gloria Steinem condescending to supporters of Bernie Sanders as simple “bros” and ” fangirls.” Furthermore, Madaline Albright told female voters that there was a “special place in hell” for women who do not support the advancement of other women. The fucking voters just need to know their roles, goddamnit.
And so we come back the the Democratic National Committee. Donna Brazile returned to her job as Chairwoman on an interim basis. How many glass ceilings have women danced upon and have used as a position to fire pot shots and pour fiery oil upon their chosen victims? We will wait and see. Clearly there is a such thing as a New Girls Club.
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