Never Blame a Woman
Feminism, double standards and the affairs of state.
President Obama's faux-chivalrous defense of U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice got some backup Friday, when "a dozen female members of the House," all Democrats and "the majority of them African American like Rice," held a Capitol Hill press conference. They asserted, in the words of an Associated Press report, that "Republican senators' angry criticism . . . over her initial account of the deadly Sept. 11 attack in Libya smacks of sexism and racism":"All of the things they have disliked about things that have gone on in the administration, they have never called a male unqualified, not bright, not trustworthy," said Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, the next chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus. "There is a clear sexism and racism that goes with these comments being made by unfortunately Sen. [John] McCain and others." . . .
"To batter this woman because they don't feel they have the ability to batter President Obama is something we the women are not going to stand by and watch," said Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wis. "Their feckless and reckless speculation is unworthy of their offices as senators."Meanwhile, feminist media critics are faulting journalists for an alleged double standard in the reporting of the extramarital affair that led to the resignation of David Petraeus as CIA director.
"The temptress must have been devious," as the New York Times's Frank Bruni sarcastically puts it. "The temptation must have been epic." He disapprovingly quotes a Slate article by Fred Kaplan, who asked, "How could he--this acclaimed leader and figure of rectitude--allow such a thing to a happen?" and answered: "She may have made herself irresistible."
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