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Yo Maritzia, Terry Valladon, and the rest of you who may have decided that my recent post, The P Word, was where I called you sexist.

Whoa. Back up. What I said was that Sexism is Alive and Mysogyny is Afoot, or more precisely:

"...research and experience alike show -- no one likes women in charge. Have you heard more emphatic derision of an intelligent capable candidate in your life? The anti-Hillary venom is toxic, isn't it? All sorts of reasons are given, but in the end they come down to one thing -- gender bias aka sexism."

And I'll stand by that. The anti-Hillary venom is toxic, and gender bias is at the root of it. And yes, there's a lot of racism going on in this country, too. I don't understand Democrats who say they'll vote for Hillary, but if Barack wins they won't vote for him, or those who say they'll vote for Barack, but not for Hillary if she wins the nomination. I know that while there are individual differences, and while we've all made our decisions for a number of reasons, we're also all working, thinking, deciding, and voting in a country and a system where sexism and racism are very much alive and afoot.

Sorry if you misunderstood. I'm not calling my feminist friends or my unknown readers sexist because they have or will vote for Obama. I'm not calling myself racist because I voted for Hillary in the primary.

I asked: "Have you heard more emphatic derision of an intelligent capable candidate in your life?" I said: "The anti-Hillary venom is toxic, isn't it?" I opined that sexism was at the root of the derision and venom, and that all of us, including feminists and Pagan women alike, have to deal with our internalized sexism. If I'd been writing about racism, I'd have had to say similar things.

Oh, and I referred my readers to a few articles about gender bias working against Hillary.

I thank Goddess we have two contenders for the Democratic Party's nomination who are giving us the opportunity to look at sexism and racism in this country. And I hope to God one of them becomes our next president.

Goodness! Vote. Vote Democrat. Love your families, Live well. Prosper!

Labels: Hillary, Obama, racism, sexism

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