Media Skip Obama Barnard Remarks Bashing Media, Men As Dumber Than Women

Submitted by anthony on Tue, 2012-05-15 23:31

Article here. Excerpt:

'CNN ran a large chunk of speech in the 2 pm hour Monday that included that passage, along with what followed, in the "don't let the media stop you for doing idealistic things" vein. Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank was the rare journalist to note the "founding mothers" crack. The Constitution is an "extraordinary document," said Obama:

Yes, it had its flaws — flaws that this nation has strived to protect (perfect) over time. Questions of race and gender were unresolved. No woman's signature graced the original document — although we can assume that there were founding mothers whispering smarter things in the ears of the founding fathers. (Applause.) I mean, that's almost certain.

And one reason many workplaces still have outdated policies is because women only account for three percent of the CEOs at Fortune 500 companies. One reason we're actually refighting long-settled battles over women's rights is because women occupy fewer than one in five seats in Congress.

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I have no trouble saying that a vote for this man is a vote for bigotry. Is a vote for Romney or someone else not also a vote for bigotry? I don't know. To the best of my knowledge, Romney doesn't say things like this.

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Submitted by Matt on Wed, 2012-05-16 15:58

Its not just Obama, but a lot of men believe the best way to get women behind them is to insinuate female superiority.

Its just a matter of time before Obama does something similar when he speaks to a group of school children during a campaign stop. I can't think of anything more damaging to the self esteem of a young boy than hearing the president engage in male bashing.

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Submitted by anthony on Wed, 2012-05-16 22:38

No part of society is immune from the effects of nymphotropism. Really, should Obama's remarks come as any surprise? Indeed he is not the only man to try to ingratiate himself to women by throwing men in general under the bus. I firmly believe that if men's rights is to get a strong foothold in the collective psyche, men as a group are the primary category of person whose consciousness of this kind of thing needs to be raised and made a priority for resolution. After all, why would women support the end of nymphotropism when 1) not even the typical man does and 2) there is so much in it for them for nymphotropism to go unchallenged? Really, MRs' biggest challenge right now is to get men to become aware of what is and has been happening to us for millenia, with our complicity and cooperation no less.

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Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2012-05-17 16:19