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Why do some women hate Sarah Palin?
Belinda Luscombe offers these stunning insights
Here is my thoughtful and measured, if succinct, response: Fuck you, cunt.
I don't use that word lightly--I don't know many women who do, honestly. In fact, I have a hard time saying it out loud. But I don't have a hard time writing it, especially when it's the best word for the job.
1. Like I give a fuck what the "pretty girls" are up to? This presupposes several things. First, that I think she's pretty. I don't. And I can appreciate a fine looking women, but she's not attractive to me. Second, that I hate "pretty girls." Actually, I don't. Them being pretty have nothing to do with the fact that I'm not. There wasn't a limited amount of pretty in the world, and those women kicked me out of line to get it. I can honestly say that I've never been jealous of another girl's looks.
2. Self-esteem issues? My self-esteem is just fine, fuck you very much. I'm not turned off by confident women. If anything I envy women who move through the world so easily. Sure, I have my moments of self-doubt. I've been through some dark nights--that's called being human. That's not limited to women. And I will say this--the majority of women I personally know who seem to lack confidence behave that way because in their experience, men are turned off by it.
3. Us? Women? Women do not have a hive vagina. She embarrasses me as an American, because she is so utterly ignorant yet that doesn't matter to a portion of the country. If I were a Republican, I'd be mortified.
Why can't a woman just dislike Palin because Palin is the deadly combination of ignorant and incurious? She doesn't know a whole lot of shit, and what's more, she has zero desire to learn. That's a frightening, dangerous combination. It's not a joke. It's not something you can look over. It's scary. It's not that she can't learn. She won't learn because it doesn't matter to her. I can't imagine living that way, and I absolutely cannot and will not respect anybody who would rather wallow in their ignorance than educate themselves. On top of that, she's a liar. If she doesn't know something, she makes it up. There, I just named three reasons to dislike Governor Palin that has nothing to do with her vagina.
Why do some women hate Sarah Palin?
Belinda Luscombe offers these stunning insights
1. She's too pretty. This is very bad news. At school, pretty girls tend to be liked only by other pretty girls. The rest of us, whose looks hover somewhere around underwhelming, resent them and whisper archly of their "unearned attention." So, if everyone calls your candidate "hot," you're in a whole mess of trouble. If the Pakistani head-of-state more or less hits on her, well, yes, she'll get a sympathy vote, but we're in Dukakis-in-the-tank territory. It's an admiration vaporizer. (Of course a candidate can't be too ugly, or it will scare the men, who are clearly shallow as a gender.)
2. She's too confident. This also bodes ill. Women have self-esteem issues. But they also have other-women's-esteem issues. As almost any woman - from the head of the Budgerigar Breeders association to Queen Elizabeth - can attest, it's almost impossible to get confidence right. Too timid and you're a pushover. Too self-aggrandizing and you're a bad word unless it's about a dog, or Project Runway's Kenley. Or Michelle, my best friend until 9th grade, after she won that debating prize and got cocky.
3. She could embarrass us.
Here is my thoughtful and measured, if succinct, response: Fuck you, cunt.
I don't use that word lightly--I don't know many women who do, honestly. In fact, I have a hard time saying it out loud. But I don't have a hard time writing it, especially when it's the best word for the job.
1. Like I give a fuck what the "pretty girls" are up to? This presupposes several things. First, that I think she's pretty. I don't. And I can appreciate a fine looking women, but she's not attractive to me. Second, that I hate "pretty girls." Actually, I don't. Them being pretty have nothing to do with the fact that I'm not. There wasn't a limited amount of pretty in the world, and those women kicked me out of line to get it. I can honestly say that I've never been jealous of another girl's looks.
2. Self-esteem issues? My self-esteem is just fine, fuck you very much. I'm not turned off by confident women. If anything I envy women who move through the world so easily. Sure, I have my moments of self-doubt. I've been through some dark nights--that's called being human. That's not limited to women. And I will say this--the majority of women I personally know who seem to lack confidence behave that way because in their experience, men are turned off by it.
3. Us? Women? Women do not have a hive vagina. She embarrasses me as an American, because she is so utterly ignorant yet that doesn't matter to a portion of the country. If I were a Republican, I'd be mortified.
Why can't a woman just dislike Palin because Palin is the deadly combination of ignorant and incurious? She doesn't know a whole lot of shit, and what's more, she has zero desire to learn. That's a frightening, dangerous combination. It's not a joke. It's not something you can look over. It's scary. It's not that she can't learn. She won't learn because it doesn't matter to her. I can't imagine living that way, and I absolutely cannot and will not respect anybody who would rather wallow in their ignorance than educate themselves. On top of that, she's a liar. If she doesn't know something, she makes it up. There, I just named three reasons to dislike Governor Palin that has nothing to do with her vagina.