Sarah Palin and sexism
filed in Uncategorized on Nov.18, 2009
I’m not the biggest Palin fan out there. I don’t think she is as dumb as the democrats would have your believe. There are many things I sympathize with her on, and some I don’t. I’m not running out on any orlando vacations to attend her book signing or anything like that, but as far as the Republican party goes, she is closer to my personal ideal that McCain ever was. Let me repeat- As far as the Republicans go.
The Newsweek cover this week was just another example of how the world just can’t believe that a woman can be attractive and intelligent. The cover wasn’t a cover showing an attractive powerful woman, it was saying, “what is this chick in short shorts doing talking about politics?”
Is it sexist? I don’t think it is just sexist, it is more than that.
Sexism as asking how Palin could be a public figure while having little kids while Obama was allowed to have two little kids without question.
I have personally never seen another political figure pictured this way. Bush was regularly seen biking and Clinton was seen jogging. There were certainly pictures in different magazines of them working out, but was that EVER used as the cover art for a story about their political place? Absolutely not. If Newsweek wanted to talk about Nancy Pelosi’s place in government, would they choose a picture of her in a jogging suit? She’s a fairly thin woman- I mean, she must work out right?
It isn’t just sexism here, but it is further proof that America can’t equate attractiveness and intelligence. Palin hasn’t been the best speaker in the world, but neither am I. I can write my way out of any situation, but I can’t publicly speak. The lack of public speaking etiquette doesn’t make someone dumb. Look at any nerdy kid in a high school with a 4.0 who can’t communicate properly with their peers and you’ll see what I mean.
The lesson we learn continually from the media is that you can’t be smart, beautiful, and good. You can be smart, beautiful, and evil. You can be beautiful, good and dumb, or good, smart and ugly, but that’s about as far as you are allowed to stretch as a woman.





