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Sure there are different ways

ocean-kat — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 08:53:09 +0000

Sure there are different ways of thinking between men and women, but it's more than that. Misogyny is everywhere, just as racism is everywhere. Even among the people who think they aren't sexist or they aren't racist. Send out resumes with only the name changed. The same resume with a woman's name or a man's name or a black sounding name or a white sounding name and the response rate differs. The white names gets more positive responses or the male gets more positive responses. It's often an unconscious response or semi-conscious response, unexamined belief structures from childhood. There's been study after study and that bias simply exists. Straight white male is simply the lowest difficulty setting there is. We should face and acknowledge that reality.

Here's how men judge

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 07:45:19 +0000

In reply to Mona, all presidents (and

Here's how men judge different than women. It's the Movies!

http://www.salon.com/2016/07/12/the_growing_gender_divide_over_ghostbust...

44 presidents out of hundreds

Michael Wolraich — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 18:10:03 +0000

In reply to Regarding charisma and

44 presidents out of hundreds of millions of past and present citizens is a pretty rarified field, no? Even the least popular presidents still had to be pretty damn charismatic to get elected. Taft was plenty charismatic, but he was still at the bottom of the pack.

Regarding charisma and

barefooted — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 17:03:44 +0000

In reply to Who said she had no charisma

Regarding charisma and effective communication, you wrote: “She has far more than I do, more than anyone here, more than most politicians.” You then followed that statement with: “My fear is that Hillary is at the low end of the spectrum when compared to other presidents …” Can you square that circle for me? Because if you're saying that while she surpasses most, she lags behind a few, then I have to wonder if the bar you're setting is reasonable.

Who said she had no charisma

Michael Wolraich — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 16:00:04 +0000

In reply to Sure, and probably the

Who said she had no charisma or effective communication? She has far more than I do, more than anyone here, more than most politicians. She has enough to win the presidential election--at least against Trump. But the presidency is a high bar. The most popular and effective presidents have been off the charts in terms of charisma and communication. My fear is that Hillary is at the low end of the spectrum when compared to other presidents--more like Bill Taft than Theodore Roosevelt.

You are welcome for thanking

CVille Dem — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 15:57:15 +0000

In reply to So they see things the way I

You are welcome for thanking me for listening to my son and friends. In answer to your question,

In Short:

No.

In Long:

All Bernie/Trump/GOP-driven nonsense and Facebook rantings.

I'd like to chime in here if

CVille Dem — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 15:49:21 +0000

In reply to Could she go through the

I'd like to chime in here if I may. I'm pretty sure I know what Joni was talking about.

Example: I said to my former husband once that I was uneasy about a big trip we were going on when our kids were young. His (fix-it) response was: "Well don't go." Problem solved. (He knew I wanted to go he just didn't want to take the time or effort to talk it through)

I said the same words to my female mentor and friend and after helping me realize that my unease had to do with the children worrying about us returning (a fear I had about my parents growing up). She suggested giving each of them a shoe box and explaining that they should put something in it each day I was gone--a leaf from a walk or a picture they colored, and when I got home they could tell me about all the fun they had with their grandmas.

It helped me. They probably had no such fears, but it made all the difference in being able to leave without fear.

Bringing this on to Hillary, she will listen like a woman and then she, like the highly competent woman she is, TRULY will work at solving the actual problems, this doesn't make her manly, it just means she gets the big picture first.

Secondly, if Hillary isn't an example of profound self-confidence I don't know who is. All the shit she has had thrown her way would make any lesser person give up. Barack Obama is another highly self-confident person and it kept him from reacting out of spite (except the Correspondents Dinner -- LOL!)

i think she will keep a cool head. I personally can't wait for the debates. Donald's lack of knowledge alone .will be worth the price of admission!

Yeah, he wanted his allowance

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 15:47:15 +0000

In reply to So they see things the way I

Yeah, he wanted his allowance increased and to be able to stay out later.

"we have seen employment in

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 15:16:13 +0000

In reply to Here are a few quick examples

"we have seen employment in manufacturing plunge in 2000 and never recover " - so NAFTA passed in 1994, and 2000 signified what? What does the graph below mean to you? What do you think of the curve change in 2001?

One difference is that women

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 15:09:46 +0000

In reply to Until Obama, the comparisons

One difference is that women are often harsher judges of other women than men, whereas blacks and other ethnic groups tend to be self-supportive to a large extent. So there's quite a bit of confirmation bias - "see, other women think she's this way too, so it's not just sexism..."

Though asking to see Obama's ID is classic race-bait. Surprised they didn't ask him to pose spread-eagled against a cop car.