Reading beyond the headline, I kind of agree that she faced a sexist double standard where she suffered electorally for things that wouldn’t have impacted a male candidate as strongly.
Being a slimy, self-entitled political creature is pretty acceptable for a male politician.
Then again she did win the election by 2 percentage points. So as much as I dislike her, it’s probably more of a structural issue than either sexism or candidate quality.
2016 was a year for an anti establishment candidate. A slimy insider can work in years where that isn’t the case, see Biden or Bush Jr for examples of it working.
It’s really hard to prove sexism played a role in a presidential election, but the number of women serving for 20+ years in the house and senate makes it seem unlikely.
Reading beyond the headline, I kind of agree that she faced a sexist double standard where she suffered electorally for things that wouldn’t have impacted a male candidate as strongly.
Being a slimy, self-entitled political creature is pretty acceptable for a male politician.
Then again she did win the election by 2 percentage points. So as much as I dislike her, it’s probably more of a structural issue than either sexism or candidate quality.
2016 was a year for an anti establishment candidate. A slimy insider can work in years where that isn’t the case, see Biden or Bush Jr for examples of it working.
Possibly timing played a role, sure. But both those candidates are men, so it could just be more proof of her point.
It’s really hard to prove sexism played a role in a presidential election, but the number of women serving for 20+ years in the house and senate makes it seem unlikely.
I must have slept through her entire presidency because I don’t remember her winning at all.
That would be the structural issue. The candidate who won the election by a light but comfortable margin (48 v 46) didn’t win power.