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Published: 2016-11-27 09:46:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 56140; Favourites: 240; Downloads: 0
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Get the high resolution and working files on this piece through my SubscribeStar here! www.subscribestar.com/brentche…Ah, yes. After Hillary Clinton lost the U.S. Presidential Election to Donald Trump, she made her graceful and humble speech to the country, telling everyone to come together as one, regardless of who the winner was. This was of course the day after, as opposed to immediately, due to "being too upset from the loss". Yeah, because THAT sounds someone who's strong enough to run AN ENTIRE COUNTRY!
ANYWAYS…
During her speech, she made a comment about the "glass ceiling". Yes, she was referring to a female becoming President of the United States, but the argument is still a tired, old feminist claim about how women and minorities are SOMEHOW IN THIS DAY AND AGE prevented from raising to or above standards that were previously achieved by others. More information on it here:
www.merriam-webster.com/dictio…
www.feminist.org/research/busi…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_ce…
Little did she know (or care to know, for that matter) that the following 11 women set milestones (not necessarily achievements, but milestones; big difference) in the United States Government during the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election:
Melania Trump, first person born in a communist nation to become U.S. First Lady. *Yes, I agree, not much of a milestone, but still one nonetheless.
Kellyanne Conway, first woman to win U.S. presidential campaign.
Ilhan Omar, first Somali-American legislator.
Catherine Cortez Masto, first Latino U.S. Senator.
Kamala Harris, first Indian Senator and California's first African-American Senator.
Tammy Duckworth, first Asian American woman to become Illinois Senator, first disabled woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and the first member of Congress born in Thailand.
Carla Hayden, first female and African American Librarian of Congress.
Kate Brown, first openly bisexual person as governor of Oregon.
Stephanie Murphy, first Vietnamese-American woman to be voted role in congress.
Pramila Jayapal, first Indian-American woman to be elected to the US House of Representatives.
Lisa Blunt Rochester, first woman and the first black representative to serve Delaware in Congress.
BONUS: Hillary Clinton, first female in U.S. history to become a presidential nominee for the Democratic party: www.motherjones.com/politics/2…
Maybe if she pulled her head out of her ass and paid more attention to what's going on, she might not have looked so stupid and realized that the so-called "glass ceiling" has been shattered.
Sources:
www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article…
time.com/4410721/carla-hayden-…
delawarestatenews.net/election…
www.freedomsledder.com/index.p…
www.theweek.co.uk/us-election-…
My previous piece on the 2016 Election:
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Well then it still holds that there's a glass ceiling for an actual woman president, regardless of who Trump's campaign manager or First Lady was. Senators and Govenors are irrelevant to Presidents as well
ehhh, its like Stoats and Weasels. Skunks and Zorillas. Bees and Wasps. Technically, strictly speaking different, but for most points and purposes the same thing.
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First of all, those things do matter. Don't be an idiot. Second, bees and wasps are most certainly different. Wasps like to prey on bees, and they are different species altogether. Similarish, but also very different. Third, being a Senator and/or Governor REALLY MATTERS if you live in that state or in the COUNTRY. You need to study politics before making a statement like that.
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Bees and Wasps are both Hive insects that fly and sting, with yellow and black coloring. What other creatures fit that description? The similarities outweigh the differences.
Well it would mostly matter in terms of States Laws, which are regional and easily marginalized by federal laws or the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
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Given not only how close Hillary was to becoming president, but how she won the popular vote, you'd have to be off your rocker to think that there's a barrier "preventing" women and minorities from becoming one, which is what the glass ceiling is.
They're easily conflated, but not the same.
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Well some people are claiming the Popular Vote was only won through extreme corruption, fraud, and getting illegals to vote. Which I don't personally buy into.
Maybe a better analogy would be a Colander. A few can get through, but not everyone. Like with the blacks or other kinds of minorities, a few can get rich and famous in the fields they want, but most still get halted by some discrimination. Tyler Perry or Oprah's existence doesn't erase disenfranchised people living in ghettos.
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Yeah, I heard. I don't know if that's true, but I'm not ruling it out completely.
True. Just because a few minorities make it big doesn't automatically mean there's no disadvantages for others. But the reverse is also true. Just because not many minorities have made it big doesn't mean it's harder either.
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Considering that many first ladies use their position to influence some part of US policy, I would argue that in electing a president, you are also electing a first lady who carries power due to her position. I can virtually guarantee that had Melania been an open communist, Muslim, or some other group that Americans tend to not like, it would have affected the Trump campaign, which means that the elect's wife has influence.
It's not nearly the same importance as president, but to say that it's decorative ignores the work of these women in their own area. Also, the first lady has her own staff assigned to her, which would imply a certain authority and official input.
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Let me put it this way:
If I like a Brian K Vaughn comic, I'd like it because of his writing, not because of who his wife is.
If I like an Edward Abby book, its because I like his writing, not because of who his wife is.
If I like a game, its because of the gameplay, and maybe story and designs, not because of whoever the developer's wife or girlfriend is.
Likewise, if I were to theoretically support a Trump campaign, it would be because I liked his plans and policy, not because of his wife and kids.
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"The man is the head of the house, but the woman is the neck, and the neck can turn the head"? You're seriously using THAT kind of logic in regards to leadership of a major country? I guess that means professionalism is now dead in politics, huh?
And the Vice President gets to preside over the Senate. Still doesn't get that position any kind of respect.
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"""The man is the head of the house, but the woman is the neck, and the neck can turn the head"?""
Who said that? I didn't write that. You'd be insane if you believed the first lady had no impact on US politics, considering that most school age children know that Michelle Obama has changed their food, an issue that school age children see as very important.
First ladies are not officially that important, but the impact of a first lady is something of a celebrity status, and considering that there are celebrities powerful enough to convince people that they know more about medicine than the entire medical community, I'd argue that they wield a real form of power.
In any case, whether or not we care about the VP also does not mean that the VP does not do anything. The VP is also a definitely non-decorative position since the people are electing someone with a VP that hopefully can run the country on some level should the president die. And considering that almost 20% of presidents have actually died while in office, the VP should be a position that people care about.
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Oh it was just a quote I got from My Big Fat Greek Wedding, which I thought summed up what you were trying to say.
I didn't realize school aged children voted
Yeah, fine First Ladies are a kind of celebrity status, though that's a pretty cheap kind of power in this day and age.
So then you admit that there's about an 80% chance that the Vice President will be meaningless.
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It's a milestone like anything else, just minor, and what's most interesting about her to me is that no where during the election can I remember her being an immigrant from a communist country being used against her. It seems like the kind of dumb thing that someone would use to argue that she is bad.
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"Melania Trump, first person born in a communist nation to become U.S. First Lady."
Not an achievement! This is her husbands doing mostly!
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Never said it was an achievement. I said it was a milestone.
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A guy who married an immigrant becoming a president isn't much of a milestone.
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I agree. But it's still a milestone, nonetheless.
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Why? I'm calm anyway. Still Melania Trump didn't break any ceiling.
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Hillary Clinton: I no shatter glass ceiling but another (/cough// skanky) woman will one day :3
Melania Trump,
Kellyanne Conway,
Ilhan Omar,
Catherine Cortez Masto,
Kamala Harris,
Tammy Duckworth,
Carla Hayden,
Kate Brown,
Stephanie Murphy,
Pramila Jayapal,
and
Lisa Blunt Rochester: TRIGGEREDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!! AoKOloOSLLWOAMBC.W.UROmmx.,,;hJHlekwpwkn:;nsjs
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Obama was technically the first female president
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I wish I can like this comment.
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That is just in America, how about you think about Benizher Butto? The first woman Prime Minister of Pakistan. Inira Ghandi who was the prime minister of India but this is a great point.
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I haven't really been paying attention to international politics so much, so I can't really comment on that.
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I was just going off the fact they became leaders of their countries about 20 years ago or so.... That's about it honestly if all one cared about was a woman leading a country
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You know, I really don't care if you're a feminist or not, but when you act like no woman before you had ever gotten close to being in a political office, that's the point to where I know you're an asshole.
We were fucked either way though.
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Yeah, that's how I feel as well. Identify however you want, but at least pull your head out of your ass while doing so.
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Iman's win to me was extraordinary. I think that personally the fact that she and other minorities won on election night, kinda has to prove that numberically not every single Trump supporter is a racist asshole or whatever. Although they certainly exist, and I guess the mayors would get Hillary support too.
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Carly Fiorina - First woman to lead a Fortune 50 Company. Carly also brought the company she ran out of bankruptcy. She also ran for president(R) in 2016. She was also my first pick as GOP Nominee.
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True, but that's not under a U.S. Governmental position, which is what this is about.
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Yeah well, a person has to 'earn' that with the voters not because they feel are entitled to the position.
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I never knew that. I always thought she was an interesting character and one of my favourite picks at the republican debates, despite personally being pro choice.
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She was also the only one that showed a semblance of class and mannerism.
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It has been shattered long before. There were female rulers in the ancient times.
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True, but she was referring to positions under U.S. Government.
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Point taken. Though I still doubt there were no women in important positions under the U.S government before 2016
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Of course! All it takes is a 15-30-second Google search to find some.
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Yet somehow Hillary missed it all... Hmm... -_-
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A lot of feminists seem to cover up this historical fact and claim that there were no female leaders or admired females before feminism which annoys the piss out of me. It makes it seem like women were oh so weak before they had an organised movement to defend them, an attitude which kind of offends me as a woman actually.
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