me a highly successful lawyer, even being listed twice as one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America. All of this has paid off for Hillary: she was a New York senator, a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in the 2008 elections and is currently the secretary of state. However, now that she has reached a position of power by assuming masculine traits, any display of femininity is widely rejected by the American people. Hillary was criticized for showing a tiny amount of cleavage and for tearing up when asked how she manages to do it all. The second event actually endeared her to some of the population; it made her seem more human, more approachable, but overall, the reaction to both her cleavage and her tears was negative.By comparison, Sarah Palin is the epitome of femininity. Yes, she
hunts, a typically masculine activity, but her day to day persona is very much feminine. She wears pencil suits and tailored blazers with her signature glasses and updo. Sarah portrayed herself as a hockey mom (complete with lipstick), a wife, an ordinary woman, who just happened to be running for vice president. Unlike Hillary, she embraced her femininity and was rewarded for doing so. There is talk of her running for the 2012 elections, even after she quit her post as governor of Alaska. Both Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin are important women politically but unlike Hillary, Sarah is lacking the education and experience that Hillary has. Sarah attended four schools after high school (Hawaii Pacific University, North Idaho College, Matanuska-Susitna College, and University of Idaho) before finally graduating with a bachelor's degree in communications. She worked as a sportscaster and after eloping with her husband, helped with his commercial fishing business before becoming involved in politics.To be honest, I can't understand how Sarah Palin - a relatively uneducated, extremely feminine woman - could even be close to reaching the same political level as Hillary Clinton - an extremely educated woman who has adopted masculine traits. After all, the world of politics is typically a man's world. Maybe this is a sign that America is at a point where a woman will not penalized for embracing her femininity but to be honest, I find that hard to believe.
I would argue that Sarah Palin was really never close to reaching the same political level as Hillary Clinton, much in the same fashion that Joe Biden cannot really be considered an apt political figure.
ReplyDeleteIn reference take her interview with Katie Couric on CBS in which she claims to have foreign policy experience because of Alaska’s proximity to Russia. “As Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where– where do they go? It's Alaska. It's just right over the border.” She claimed on national television to have knowledge of international policy simply because she lived near another nation with which we have some semblance of strife. Also take into account the opinion of Op-Ed writer for the New York Times, Charles M. Blow, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/16/opinion/16blow.html in which he sites why he feels that Palin’s movement to Fox was a good decision. However in this article he clearly expresses what her strengths are and none seem to be fit to govern a country.
1) “She has a gift for talking a lot while saying nothing.”
2) “Palin’s chipper visage, baseless certitude, utter obliviousness and unwavering belief in her own destiny make her an ideal vessel for this mounting white discontent. It’s perfect: blind faith meets blinding frustration. For an image of what this looks like, simply recall her rallies from the previous election.”
And all of these opinions are upheld while she is being the feminine candidate, so what does that tell us? Leaving my personal political feelings aside all Palin has shown to us throughout these elections is that what the current parties stand for: the republicans in support of Sarah Palin and all her feminine stereotypes and the Democrats with their apparent support of proven political ability.
In addition to this Hillary Clinton currently holds the position of Secretary of State, arguably one of the most important public offices one can hold in this country. So one can draw from this that not only is Sarah Palin nowhere near reaching the level of Hillary Clinton through pure femininity, quite the converse in fact, it is much more likely that Hillary’s lack of femininity has, unfortunately, led her to be taken much more seriously in the world of politics and has made her career through that.
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