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2016 Postmortem

Guilded Lilly

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4. Never discount the abject fear or misinterpretation of strong women

Reply to portlander23 (Original post)

Mon Dec 26, 2016, 12:33 PM

Dec 2016

by men in any position of power. (Even the "good guys&quot

Never discount the fact that females, from the moment they are born must live defensively in every single day of their existence. They often succumb to their own gender's heinous attacks.

Woman have to fight doubly hard, and be three times as resilient playing with the same game rules as men but are crippled even more by the perpetual double standards.

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Obama: Clinton campaigned defensively, faced 'double standard' [View all] portlander23 Dec 2016 OP

Yep Mika admitted it on Morning Joe Clinton was given a double standard uponit7771 Dec 2016 #1

Obama allowed himself to be rolled twice by Comey. lapucelle Dec 2016 #2

How did he "let" the seat remain empty? EffieBlack Dec 2016 #3

You're right. "Let" was a poor choice of words because there was nothing lapucelle Dec 2016 #6

Perhaps he could have done more - but the Senate should have had his back EffieBlack Dec 2016 #7

Sanders is, and always will be, a paper tiger. lapucelle Dec 2016 #8

What a load of garbage. But if it makes you feel better to blame him for losing, go ahead. dionysus Dec 2016 #9

NRA, Sierra Blanca, Lockheed Martin ... lapucelle Dec 2016 #10

It's the truth. Sanders is good at calling out others. kcr Dec 2016 #11

"He also let the Supreme Court seat remain vacant" SickOfTheOnePct Dec 2016 #5

Never discount the abject fear or misinterpretation of strong women Guilded Lilly Dec 2016 #4