Theo N asked:
Sarah Palin is a mother and has a independent career and is close to becoming the most powerful woman in the world if elected VP. This could be a giant leap for women across the world. However, feminists seem to **** her for her pro-life stance. Is the abortion issue the one and only issue that drives feminists?
Sarah Palin is a mother and has a independent career and is close to becoming the most powerful woman in the world if elected VP. This could be a giant leap for women across the world. However, feminists seem to **** her for her pro-life stance. Is the abortion issue the one and only issue that drives feminists?

19 responses so far ↓
1 Winter Glory // Oct 6, 2008 at 10:14 pm
I don’t “hate” her, I don’t even know her.
I’m not voting for her, because she’s a Republican, I am not.
2 R. Gaspari // Oct 7, 2008 at 9:06 am
The most critical issues for modern Feminists are:
-Hatred and fear of men and boys (and the promotion of these matters)
-Hatred of the foetus (”fetus” per American English)
-Hatred of normal women who don’t subscribe to Feminist doctrine
-Hatred of the maths & Natural Sciences (pure & applied)
-Adoration of the late beauty, Andrea Dworkin
-Advocating the destruction of the foetus as often as possible
-Pretending that they are not ******** or that they are attractive and not obese.
3 ♥The Mrs.♥ // Oct 9, 2008 at 2:43 pm
I don’t think it is the only one but it is an important one. I also think people, women as you mention, are much more intelligent that to be so sexist as to elect someone based on their gender as opposed to how well they believe they could run the country or their political views.
4 molly girl // Oct 10, 2008 at 4:08 am
No, i am a feminist and I don’t **** her. I know for a fact that her opinions on abortion rights however, are a direct result of her being brainwashed by her religion. Therefore, I cannot blame her entirely. But my body should never be public property and that is actually a MAJOR concern for women everywhere.
5 Person // Oct 13, 2008 at 2:40 am
I’m a Democrat. I’m not going to vote for her just because she is a woman. She and I don’t agree on anything. Feminism isn’t gripping onto wee ounces of power, it’s about equal rights, and Sarah Palin is far from accomplishing that.
6 Marx // Oct 13, 2008 at 11:34 pm
I prefer to be ‘pro life’… after all, it’s perfectly natural and healthy.
7 The Lady // Oct 15, 2008 at 12:54 pm
No pro-choice on abortion is not a litmus test for feminism. Yes, we have other issues. Palin does not represent many of my political views and she is not in any sense ready to step in as President.
8 Harriet // Oct 16, 2008 at 8:19 am
Lots of people, feminists and others, are against her because of many of her policies (not just abortion), and clear ignorance in other areas. I think when it comes to such an important political issue, most people even most feminists won’t go solely on gender. Because, as you say, there are more important issues than the gender of the candidate.
Harriet
9 BratRich's Citroën // Oct 19, 2008 at 1:41 pm
“This could be a giant leap for women across the world”
# 1 America is the last “great” country not to have some woman who can see past gender war and be a true leader for “ALL” people - men, women and children. Even a muslim, misogynist, third world country like Pakistan had its female Prime minister 20 years ago!!
# 2 Sarah Palin. A giant leap for women. A giant fall for America.
10 Deirdre O // Oct 20, 2008 at 9:48 pm
Not all feminists are pro choice and not all anti feminists are pro life. Maybe you should get your issues straight you sound like you are quite confused on many issues.
11 opetke // Oct 23, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Yes, the ability to murder one’s own offspring is a litmus test.
Why?
Well, if they can convince a woman that infant murder is justifable, they can pretty much convince her of anything.
I’d say it’s almost a rite of passage with them. In the eyes of liberal feminists, abortion defines whether you’re in the club or not.
12 steffi // Oct 24, 2008 at 10:57 pm
Don’t you have more important issues than antagonizing women on a women’s site?
13 Mellie Bonk // Oct 28, 2008 at 10:13 am
It might be a leap, but come on - you’ve heard the woman talk. Do you want her as Commander In Chief if something happens to McCain? Seriously??
I’d rather have someone who stands for what I believe in instead of their gender or race means.
Besides, if I based my vote on the fact that she IS a woman, wouldn’t I be labeled as sexist?
14 cynical // Oct 30, 2008 at 4:19 am
I agree with you that feminism needs to be more about abortion. But Palin is a bad example of what an independent woman is. She is skilled and has worked hard all her life. But have you ever seen her talk? She isn’t cultured and doesn’t have any foreign policy experience. She only got a passport last year! I’ve seen her debate with Biden and her interview with Couric and she is lost. I feel sorry for her being thrown into the spotlight so suddenly but she isn’t ready for a nationwide publicity.
15 Still Untamed ;p // Oct 31, 2008 at 5:25 am
“most powerful in the world” is way off…plenty of powerful women in this world that trump VP of the US.
most powerful in the US…absolutely.
I’m pro choice, dont **** her pro life stance…but I agree with you that this shouldn’t be a reason to vote for or not vote for her or anyone else.
Abortion really isnt an issue or debate in the politicans world…the next ticket is third trimester abortions. Which few people agree with, even feminist.
Think a lot of it is…by far the majority of feminist are democratic.
I’m voting for mccain/palin for the economy and the war…I’m an american before I’m a feminist.
PS…watching her in an interview right now on Fox…She is doing just fine.
16 Louise C // Nov 3, 2008 at 9:25 am
Judging by what I read on here, women do not have anything more important on their minds. Modern women appear to be incapable of using contraception effectively, so abortion looms large in their imagination.
17 canam // Nov 5, 2008 at 7:58 am
If woman did not know it before, they should know it by now. That is the only thing these feminists have to hang onto. Lets face it, women have broken into the job markets that were primarily “men only”. Equal pay for equal work is easily attained. So the feminist movement is essentially null and void just like the civil rights movement.
18 LaughingAtLife // Nov 7, 2008 at 12:26 am
Yes for me it is really the biggest thing because our ability to get pregnant and carry a baby and give birth is what differentiates women from non women. And in addition women have achieved so much equality in most other areas (except pay on the job) that abortion is really the biggest issue left and I don’t think it will ever be resolved because it relates to what makes a person a WOMAN. We who gave birth are very different from all of those humans who cannot or did not do this. Also being pro-fetus is not being pro-life. Life means balancing the interests of both parties the woman and the fetus.
GOSH!!! I am both a real woman (XX) and I LOVE MATH and science and computer science!!! I am so good at them because they are logical and have a real ‘right answer’ as opposed to English classes where you have to write dumb essays on topics that are stupid and there is no ‘right answer’ except what the teacher wants to be right. UGGG.
As for freaks like Andrea Dworkin, nobody but a ******* would even think about her or bring up her name.
HA HA HA about ‘feminists being ugly or fat’!!! NOPE!!! I am a member of Mensa and not ugly or fat!!! Maybe the person calling feminists fat is fat himself?!
19 Team Switz Chick // Nov 7, 2008 at 6:37 am
nonononono… I don’t **** her ’cause she’s pro-life, I don’t even **** her for that matter! atleast, not as a person, I **** her as a politician.
She’s in over her head, the first female in the white house should be someone qualified, someone expierienced, someone who actually knows what exactly their job whould be if elected at the very least!
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