A decent article from the Daily!

As many people would know, I have a strong distaste for the UW Daily. This stems from the fact that I find the quality of the Daily's writing ability to be terrible with opinions that are borderline offensive. With that in mind, I was surprised to read an article that actually made a good point today by Rachel Solomon.

This is just one example of the sexism female politicians face for choosing such a public career. Either they’re portrayed as sexless vehicles for their little tykes, or, conversely, they’re hypersexualized and commodified.

During voting season, the nation swelled with disapproval after receipts from Palin’s lavish campaign makeover went public. When Hillary Clinton dared to don a V-neck blouse, we couldn’t stop gabbing about her cleavage. What’s wrong with us? Are we unable to separate female politicians from their gender?

As much as I love to bash on Sarah Palin more, she is correct. The amount of sexism and mistreatment towards female politicians in the media is ridiculous. The amount of press Sarah Palin got on her looks (remember all the commentary on her wink during the debate?) and the ridicolous comments against Hillary Clinton that used sexist code words (The comments on her voice were just sickening). Sarah Palin should be ripped for being a corrupt right-winger, the entire female gender does not need to be dragged down with her.