Post-Hillary, Post-Sarah, Women are POed
Posted by Deborah Siegel on Nov 18th, 2008
2008
Nov 18
This just in: The Daily Beast released a poll this morning that reveals the depth of women’s anger in the aftermath of Hilary Clinton’s and Sarah Palin’s campaigns. “The Barrier That Didn’t Fall” (downloadable) summarizes and analyzes survey results from 1,000 U.S. voters, coming on the high heels of “the first-ever presidential election with two high profile women candidates who ran but did not win.”
The stats:
- By an overwhelming 61% to 19% margin, women believe there is a gender bias in the media.
- 4 in 10 men freely admit sexist attitudes towards a female president. 39% of men say that a male is “naturally more suited†to carrying out the duties of the office
- Only 20% of women polled are willing to use the word “feminist†about themselves. Only 17% said they would welcome their daughters using that label.
- 48% of women thought Hillary Clinton received fair media treatment and only 29% believed Sarah Palin was treated fairly. In contrast, nearly 8 in 10 voters thought the press gave fair treatment to Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
- More than two-thirds of women said they were being treated unfairly in the workplace (68%)
In the words of a very articulate dear friend of mine: BLURGH.
(Thanks to Anna for the heads up.)
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November 18th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
So unsurprising. We have not come as far as some of us think.
And what were the majority of women bloggers up in arms about this week? The Motrin ad which, frankly, was a dead on mimic of what most women write about on the web. I wonder if it was the accuracy that really ticked them off rather than the fact that Motrin probably thought it was a cute, trendy ad?
Why should we be taken seriously when that is what we rally around - removing ads that portray us too accurately?
November 20th, 2008 at 11:49 am
[...] Town. Here’s her report. And do note the contrast between Gwen’s sentiment and the findings of the Daily Beast report this week. Feminism, alive and well. Not dead. Copy that, America? Links to be embedded below soon. [...]
December 30th, 2010 at 11:02 pm
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