Would Nancy Pelosi Have A Sexism Problem Running For President

All women have a sexism problem.

 

Sexism would be the least of Pelosi's concerns .... She's hated by independents just as much as she is hated by the GOP.

Her comments on ACA alone would sink her campaign - We have to sign it to know what's in it.

 

Nancy has a sexy problem.

 

There will be a woman VP after this year's elections, regardless of who wins, so I don't think we have a problem. I guess we'll see how they're received. My guess is better than Pence.

 

Doubters talk about it like it's a thing, a force unto itself that can have measurable (if hard to actually measure) impacts. Like you can say sexism is the thing that caused a politician to lose. I'd say it's not a thing unto itself, it's an environment, an atmosphere. It's a dynamic that interacts with everything else. It's like home court advantage -- the home team has got a little edge, but it's hard to say who specifically, in what way, and how much. And, it's not that you can't go win a road game, teams do it all the time, but you have to overcome the home court advantage. Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Warren, and every other woman runs as the visiting team. If they score more points than their opponent, they win, but it's incrementally harder to score the points.

 

She would have dumbassism.

 

Yes she did.

 

The largest problem isn't people saying "I won't vote for a woman" and it isn't people that dislike women...... it is people that have a bias that colors their opinions and views and are not aware of it. There is a lot of research on the issue and gender discrimination is likely the largest and most pervasive bias in society and still isn't close to being adequately addressed in large part because it is so incredibly ingrained and pervasive.

 

So? She won the popular vote over a man that was arguably the worst candidate in 30-40 years or more.

Winning the popular vote does not mean that she did not and does not face discrimination.

https://www.pe.com/2019/02/22/study...-to-face-bias-based-on-leadership-looks-more/

“The effect of the sex of a president on approval is very dramatic,” Miguel Carreras, an assistant professor of political science at UCR, said in a news release. “As researchers, we weren’t necessarily expecting such a large effect.”

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-51751915

Around 39% of people in the US, which is yet to have a female president, thought men made better leaders.

https://www.usnews.com/news/electio...omen-still-face-hurdles-in-running-for-office

 

I used to believe that as well......... but not anymore. We all are influenced by bias and in my opinion women suffer greatly, especially in the area of power and the social dynamics around it. It is better than it was 30 years ago, but it is far from equal.

https://cew.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/Women_in_Politics.pdf

 

I'm not a woman, but I'm not asking anything at all be done about it. I would just like for people to be humble and introspective, and recognize and admit that the way they perceive the world is colored by biases of all kinds. That's it, at least insofar as elections go. It's just frustrating to have to argue whether sexism even exists or not just because some people are afraid there might be implications to admitting that it does.

 

Are you buying into the notion that Trump will dump Pence for Nikki Haley ? - Regardless of who wins ?

 

I think the implicit bias is rapidly disappearing since Hillary was nominated...MAYBE since Palin was chosen as a running mate but she was a nut job. But yeah people were frustrated because they wanted the “right” woman to be the next president, not just any. So while Hillary lost I think she was a competent enough figure to make future candidates a little more comfortable.

I was a full-blown Amy supporter but I disliked Warren’s personality, FWIW