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I think the objection is to the "you should vote for politician X specifically because she is a woman" type of reasoning.

Honestly I am pretty conservative about these things but am not bothered by the "woman card," at least in the political arena.

I am bothered by all the man-bashing posts above and I am certain below me.  Some people (men, women) love to dish out but if you ever respond boy do the pearls get clutched.[/quote]

Please identify the man bashing you claim. [/quote]

Mostly all of the "men hold all the power" folks. Generally true with some exceptions on the upper levels of society, but I would rather have been a coal miners daughter than a coal miner or would rather have written vletters to the front rather than received them.  Not all of us come from rich backgrounds, you know.[/quote]

So it's bashing to say someone holds the power?  Really?  I'm still waiting for you to point out the man bashing you claimed was there. [/quote]

Second post:  men "hold the deck" despite lower college graduation rates, lower life expectancy, more homelessness, rampant discrimination in child custody determinations.  Obviously a massive overstatement with no nuance.

Third post:  white men automatically full of "grievances" and "resentful."  Not some, of course, but all.  And of course if a white male has a position on an issue involving race / gender it can never be justified.

Anyways I don't even care if people vote for Hillary b/c she is a woman
  But you can build up without tearing others down.

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Oh come on, our college graduation rates are overdone.  First of all, they are 57%.  It's not a landslide.  Second, if you want to be an electrician (a job men tend to take), you don't need any diploma.  But if you want to teach kindergarten, you need a college degree.  Even though the electrician will make more than you.  Plumbers don't need degrees, but nurses do.   So women need degrees to get to the same level of earning that many men get by entering the trades.[/quote]

So be a plumber or an electrician.

Your post simply reinforces gender stereotypes that you condemn.  And which should be condemned.[/quote]

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