Women and Sexism

Article here. Excerpt:

'Imagine if Sonoma County’s new 5th District supervisor had told a reporter that he was glad he was elected because he has “long believed that men offer a unique voice to government as rational and protective beings and because of the way we approach conflict and communications.”

Just think of the outrage, charges of being a male chauvinistic pig and calls for his resignation.

However, when the new 3rd District supervisor, Shirlee Zane, was quoted in The Press Democrat saying she has “long believed that women do offer a unique voice to government as caregivers and the way we approach conflict and communications,” there was no outrage; no one called her a female chauvinistic pig or called for her resignation.'