In the light of this great day for us social justice advocates, something else came to mind as I reflected on Bill Clinton’s presence at the DNC: His comeback (forget New Hampshire, his comeback in the whole wide world) and just how instructive it is for women candidates now vying for office.
The much proclaimed “year of the woman candidate” in 2010 fizzled out, but will the same happen this go around?
“Crawl before you can walk?” Really?
If we can’t trust women to take care of their most critical health needs, how are we even trusting them to be in public and function in society? They must be so irrational, frail, and unintelligent—how do we even allow them outside the home?
In a state that ranks 49th for women’s political participation and receives a D+ choice ranking from NARAL Pro-Choice America, Kim McMillan is truly a trailblazer.
A woman can either be a prude or promiscuous. Too pretty or too masculine. A shrew or a doormat. As women try to tip-toe somewhere in the middle, we find that one small move can send us plunging straight into one of the extremes.
