That uber-feminist Susan Faludi has an article provocatively titled "Second-Place Citizens" in today's New York Times about the women who are upset about Hillary Clinton's loss in the primaries. She quotes a number of them using words like "travesty", "cheated" and "betrayal", and states that about 25% of the women plan to vote for McCain as a "protest".
I'm afraid I just don't get it. What betrayal are they talking about? By whom? And what are they protesting? Wasn't this a democratic process and didn't their candidate lose? Was that Obama's fault and should he simply have stepped aside?
I also wonder how these feminists reconcile the fact that most of Hillary's so-called experience in government was from being the wife of an ex-president. (Disclaimer: I was actually for Hillary during the California primary, primarily because I thought she was tough and would take the fight to the Republicans).
I particularly don't understand the "protest" vote for John McCain. So will it make these women feel better to have two more Scalias or Thomases on the Supreme Court? Do they believe the Republican Party will be fairer towards women and will give them greater opportunities? Can anyone explain the logic here (if there is any)?
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