Misogyny and Sexism in the News - Butch Femme Planet

07-19-2010, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Heart

Thanks for posting this betenoire:
http://www.autostraddle.com/policing...-gender-52441/

It's not just butches/masculine women/ or queers though -- it's all women who claim power. Think of the reactions to Hillary Clinton. There is always an effort to reduce powerful women to patriarchal standards of desirability.

So very true!

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