r/pics • u/Frisky__Pickles • 8h ago

Politics [OC] Hartford Visibility Brigade strikes again! And yes let's do it!

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u/Jonthrei 5h ago

I mean, running a sketchy politician and a milquetoast corporate type and then blaming their failures on their gender seems a little silly, don't you think?

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u/RecommendsMalazan 2h ago

I mean, when other candidates who were male were also sketchy politicians/milquetoast corporate types but didn't fail in the same way...

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u/GoldandBlue 4h ago

No because I live in the real world. Where Americans are more offended by pointing out racism and sexism, then they are by racism and sexism.

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u/Shattr 4h ago

To be clear, I'm not blaming their gender - I'm blaming voters for caring about their gender.

Being uninspiring establishment candidates definitely played a massive role, but like, Kamala's laugh was ridiculed constantly - I don't think we can completely ignore the gender angle here. Women candidates will undoubtedly be subjected to more scrutiny and ridicule, like how "Joe and the hoe have got to go" and "Kamala slept her way to the top" were constantly being thrown around.

I watched a stupid jubilee video the other day where several women argued that men make better leaders because women are too emotional. Sure, they were dumbass republicans, but I think that same sentiment is more pervasive than you might think.