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The "iron my shirt" attack in New Hampshire was a stunt by a couple of morning radio idiots. The repulsive C.U.N.T. "group" was created by a right-wing idiot who has made most of his career from attacking the Clinton's.
Sexism is alive and well, but is this it? These are morons using sexist attacks against Hillary Clinton to promote themselves. Sexism is just the tool they use to that end because it will deliver the attention they want.
Look, I'm a guy so my thoughts on feminism, and perhaps on sexism, are as relevant as a dolphin's thoughts about tap dancing. But I listen to my female family members and what they say about sexism in 2008 is a hell of a lot more nuanced than some line straight out of I Love Lucy or the C-word. Nobody says "iron my shirt" in a science or math classroom, no one calls a female engineer the c-word when she is meeting a client with male colleagues.
Stop me if you've heard this before, but Hillary Clinton is trying to frame the debate like the 60's and 70's never ended - just like men and women of her generation try to frame every issue.
Is that relevant to your life? Is sexual discrimination in your life expressed today with "IRON MY SHIRT!"? If that is relevant for you, then yeah - Hillary is right. If not, then perhaps there should be more discussion about where we need to demand from the candidates in 2008.
