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Originally Posted by Madhu Maruti  Really, with parental status coming first and all? I haven't heard that. I'm not saying that you don't hear anything at all about the family lives of male politicians - of course that's not what I'm saying - just that I snorted when I heard "John McCain's choice for Vice President is Sarah Palin, mother of four and Governor of Alaska."
But if it's done equally for male and female politicians, then it's merely stupid, rather than sexist, and I guess I can't be too shocked at stupidity in some quarters of the news media. |
I hear it all the time when someone mentions some name that might not be generally known, to humanize them. Who's this? Oh, Governor, mother, four children. I'm sure if he had picked Romny there would be something about Mormans, probably something about the Olympics, something about family.