Sexist Double-Standard Wrap-Up:Where's The Outrage?

We are sitting here tapping our fingers on the desk, anxiously checking the time. Where is the firestorm of feminist condemnation of this disturbing trend?

Gender-Based Attacks Growing Common in Campaigns

Sarah Palin talked about President Obama's lack of "cojones," Delaware Senate nominee Christine O'Donnell said her primary opponent "should put his man pants on," and, most recently, Sharron Angle told Sen. Harry Reid to "man up." All this adds up to an election cycle that "may be remembered for a jarring shift in the political dialogue between the sexes, a moment when polite sensitivities were shelved and bold gender-based power plays became the norm,"writes the Los Angeles Times. Politico also takes a look at the trend, noting that "it's the political equivalent of a high school football coach calling his players 'ladies'." Conservative women aren't alone in using these kinds of phrases, and male candidates also often use it in a way to refer to their opponents lack of courage. Still, the trend is most interesting coming from female candidate since it seems to be a clear attempt to turn the tables on the stereotypical view of women. Of course, it also suggests somewhat of a double standard since it seems hard to imagine "a male candidate telling a female opponent to be more ladylike," notes the LAT. Indeed, "There's simply no way for the male candidate to respond," notes Politico, "let alone respond in kind."

Read original story in The Los Angeles Times | Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010

Perhaps the ladieswymyn are too busy organizing an HBO boycott.

Racist Bill Maher Trashes White Men, Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann & Christine O’Donnell in Sexist Rant (Video)

Posted by Jim Hoft on Saturday, October 16, 2010, 12:40 PM

Is this supposed to be funny?
Could you imagine a so-called comedian today attacking black men, or Asian men, or Hispanic men, or any other ethnic group like this? Why is it appropriate to crack racist jokes against white men? Is this supposed to make you sound sophisticated? Enlightened? What?

And, when did racist-sex [sic] jokes about conservative women become acceptable?

Yeah, when did that happen?