Well, maybe not speechless enough, because here I am writing this blog.
Have you heard the latest craze about Hillary? Apparently she was dressed oh so provocatively during a talk on the Senate floor on the cost of higher education (kind of ironic). Youtubers, MSNers, journalists, bloggers, and the like all have something to say about it--or rather to people response to it. Not surprisingly, for those of you who may know me personally, I couldn't help but add my two cents.
I'm not going to spend too much time on the subject, since I think it's only perpetuating a discussion based on oppression. How? Well, hear me out.
Clinton is obviously in a position of power in a male dominated politic arena. Her presence is groundbreaking in that she has an honest shot at presidency in some people's eyes and she is threatening to the overall paradigm of patriarchy that our culture is currently based on. We live in a male dominated society, much to my dismay and that of other feminists. Why is it that women are objectified to the degree that they are in our society? Partly because that objectification maintains the male dominated structure, and because that structure is maintained by, well, males. The point I am making is that when women, or men for that manner, are challenging to the structure that maintains male dominance, an attack soon follows. That is why it seems so easy for some, even other women, to attack Hillary for being "sexually inappropriate".
What frustrates me most is that so many of these "political experts" are spending more time focusing on her cleavage than on her stance as a politician. When is the last time you heard someone making note of what the other male politicians were wearing?
Ugh. In case you haven't seen the picture, please brace yourself for some indecency....
