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A shocking new study by the web concern A Daily Beast proves that American women voters are more furious than usual about the election, because, eh, Hillary Clinton lost to Barack Obama and Sarah Palin is a despicable race-baiting moron.
Women, as the poll proves, monolithically support women candidates, which explains why Democratic women voters overwhelmingly chose the Republican ticket this year, even though the Republican party and platform is 100% anti-women and anti-humans-in-general, because, hey, women! This is why John McCain won the election, because he chose an imbecile for his vice-presidential candidate, because she had an active uterus. [Daily Beast]
false. obviously women couldn’t help themselves against the raw sexual power of Hopey and flocked to the polls to vote for teh sexiness.
American women, particularly those over 40, are super angry anyway. Please note the massive influx of women in dominatrix boots. And yes, we get it, you’re horse riders. Check please. [braces self, awaits incoming tsunami of invective]
Iron my shirt?
From teh Wikipedias:
“According to Washington Business Forward, PSB’s “reputation is largely as a Democratic political polling firm, closely associated with both U.S. President Bill Clinton’s administration as well as the Senatorial and Presidential campaign of his wife Hillary. But the firm also worked for Republican Michael Bloomberg in his mayoral bid in New York City, generating huge fees from the multi-millionaire self-financed candidate that caught some press attention during the campaign. …”
tl;dr; this firm is on Bill’s cock, so of course they would produce this poll.
Right. This is coming from the Daily Beast, which is owned by a person with a vagina. Also, why is the Daily Beast getting so much notoriety already? It is but a BEAST, not a person with flesh and feelings. It reads like a BEAST, it acts like a BEAST and it is called BEAST. Pretty soon this BEAST will want to get BEAST-married, and then the BEAST marriages will destroy our family/Christian traditions, thereby causing BEAST-fascism where man is no longer necessary.
Therefore we should boycott this beast. Do not feed the BEAST.
The firm that did this poll (Penn, Schoen and Berland Associates) for the Beast that is….
“Women, as the poll proves, monolithically support women candidates…even though the Republican party and platform is 100% anti-women…”
What the hell ever happened to feminism?
after youre done with the laundry get in there and bake me a pie
Jeez, Ken. I thought you’d quit trolling Jezebel by now.
They forgot to mention that the entire polling sample was made up of Elizabeth Hasselbeck.
Can I haz houzewife?
That uterus is actively churning out replenishments to “the base”, much like the Alien Queen makes those big fleshy eggs
I’m a woman, and while I think there is considerable unfairness in the world, at large, I think that women bitch and moan just a little too much about bias in this election. Hillary got hammered because she’s a Clinton. Palin got hammered because she’s a goofball. It would have been bias for the press to have ignored either of these two things and given the women a pass.
OK, don’t rip my nuts off for this or anything but…
● By an overwhelming 61% to 19% margin, women believe there is a gender bias in the media.
● More than two-thirds of women said they were being treated unfairly in the workplace (68%)
● Only 20% of women are willing to use the word “feminist” about themselves. Only 17% of all voters said they would welcome their daughters using that label.
Seems to me that when you sit back and let Rush Limbaugh redefine the feminist movement as the “feminazi” movement, chances are you’re going to see a rise in sexism. Just ask the liberals what happened when conservatives managed to turn the word “liberal” into a term of opprobrium.
You’ve gotta be proud enough to defend who you are, or else you’ve got to be prepared to get your ass kicked up and down the street like we liberals have for the past 30 years.
29% of women thought Sarah Palin was treated fairly in the media. Does this mean that 71% thought she was treated unfairly because the media was too harsh or not harsh enough?
It supports the living Buckley, apparently.
The American women voters are just PMSing. It’ll pass.
The Daily Beast? That’s what I call my morning dump.
Serolf Divad: Schmannity: 100% of the voices in my head thinks sarah palin needs to have her ass kicked up and down the street
4tehlulz: According to C&L, it’s called the “magical Clenis.”
“…which explains why Democratic women voters overwhelmingly chose the Republican ticket this year”
If this is true then I guess democratic women have been rendered irrelevant as a voting block?
the pussy trumps all
Only 20% of women are willing to use the word “feminist” about themselves
I’m mad as hell about how I’m being treated, but I’d better not do anything about it or boys won’t like me anymore.
“Yada yada % of WHICH women polled”… I’m with Shorts on this one… although there may be some better turn of phrase than “feminist” or Serolf is right…..
Min: Amen, sister.
Min: agreed. And if one thinks there has been “unfairness” in the world earlier, it seems it will escalate as the economy evaporates.
Serolf Divad: Thank you: win. ‘It’s character stupid.’
This issue will NEVER be laid to rest.
monty:
and 100% of the asses on my street thinks she needs to be kicked in the head…
Totally fed up with bullshit comparisons such as “While 95% of African Americans voted for Barack Obama, far fewer women voted for Hillary Clinton or Sarah Palin”. How about “While a large majority of women are married to men, far fewer Blacks are married to Whites”? WTF does this prove?
This article is such a mess of meaningless, random statistics.
Palin wasn’t treated fairly by the media- they let her get away with way too much- they were scared of being called anti-feminist- but based on the poll- there are not too many feminists left. I am a feminist and my daughter is as well. Who did they talk to in this poll- women over 80 and the country club set in Godawful, SC?
According to my unofficial pole of women, they’re angry cause Palin is an offensive joke.
A 37%-43% split on “did Sarah Palin’s candidacy help the chance that we will one day have a female president”??
SRSLY? SRSLY?!?
Serolf Divad: For some reason I feel the need to run up and down the street screaming “I’m a liberal and a feminist! Fear me!” but I have cookies baking and I don’t want them to burn.
at what point during the month was this poll taken? ZING!!
what was the n for this poll?
did the nitwits who devised this enterprise of non-information ask any
substantive questions about women and this year’s candidacies?
here is a reason why many women were angry about this election, and it has
nothing to do with hopey:
mooselini did not get treated harshly enough. she is a moron, a
hypocrite, and the poster child for narcissistic personality disorder.
she got a two-week, all-expense paid free ride from the media until the
economy cratered (to use her running mate’s term). she continued to get
a free ride and no call-out from most of the media for the race-
and class-baiting in which she engaged for the rest of the campaign.
she is their new david duke, with different sexual organs.
she plays wink-wink, nudge-nudge to the camera, forgets her talking points
(let alone the proper sequence of nouns and verbs), uses her children as
objects, and then protests when people notice the objectification. are she and her
school-age children going to be charged with truancy while she hauled them all
over the country.
TGY:
pole of women?
Toomush Infermashun: I pole women day and night, and they think they’re being treated great.
The amusing part is that women still complaining about how “unfair” the media was to Clinton or Palin are probably doing as much harm to their movement as Clinton and Palin did running.
This poll highlights dangers to hetero marriage that the opponents of Prop #8 can only dream about. Dare I ask what, exactly, was unfair about the media’s coverage of Sarah Palin? Tina Fey quoting her verbatim? Katie Couric asking her deadpan slow-pitch questions? The media dutifully reported on the excitement she generated, and quoted her word for vapid word, while she hid from anything resembling a press conference, or a tough interview, and had to be minded by old McCain when she was interviewed. Fair coverage is not the same as positive coverage. Dames!
Gorillionaire: No they also surveyed geraldine ferraro.
The only reason I was super angry was that Sarah Palin, the opportunistic ignorant dingbat almost became president. I am happy now that the election is over and hopey won. Dare I say…more proud of my country then I have been in my entire lifetime? hahahaha its true.
Hey, didn’t the Republicans have someone else running besides Sarah Palin? From this article it sounds like the race was between her and Obama.
And did anyone ask about the inherent condescension of the McCain (oh yeah, that guy) campaign thinking it could win over the undecided women by choosing a VP candidate because of her gender and not at all because of her qualifications? Or their subsequent sequestering her from the press? If anyone underestimated women it was the idiot Republicans who thought the portion of the electorate they were targeting would be won over by the most superficial characteristic.
You have a uterus and you’re not happy with how the wimmins were treated this election cycle? Run for office and fix it your damn self! Otherwise, stop whining and make me a sammich.
This is just leverage because HRC wants to be a secretary.
Serolf Divad: Your use of the phrase “sit back and let” seems to imply that women are passive when it comes to fighting the patriarchy. Or are you saying that society as a whole lets assholes like Limbaugh define feminism in negative terms?
OffTheRecord: I’ll lead everyone in a rousing chorus of “get your biscuits in the oven and your buns in the bed” if you’ll help me.
Panderfinder: well said *stands and claps*
This is what happens when your poll contains 4,027 randomly-sampled Jezebel readers.
The feminisms is dead.
Yep, we gals hate it that Hillary was treated like an equal and a candidate. She took her knocks like a pro, and she threw some punches right back. We should all be ashamed that no one deferred to her girliness.
How could the media treat Palin unfairly when she’s a horrible, horrible joke?
My vagina, however, hates Caribou barbie.
Why is it that women keep telling me that they like assholes? Apparently this is just not about buttsecks?
really? i thought american women were just so angry at how michelle’s dress was SUCH a disaster at Obama’s acceptance speech. ick. stocks will be tied to michelle’s attire choices.
http://www.charlietueats.com
If a poll isn’t vetted by Nate Silver it doesn’t exist.
Who needs the wimmins? Obama make happy gay sex time all administration long.
stirredNOTshaken: well, duh, that’s why I, a known female, supported Hopey Shark God from day 1 and am all hopey and stuff about this country now. Obviously, I had no choice. My hormones took over, as they do in women, and I had no control.
G’damn I’m sick of women who think it’s feminist to support other women even if they are untalented hacks, just because they are women. I like my vaj, but I sure don’t vote with it.
Hillary lost for the exact reason why she’s probably not going to be Secretary of State: her “allies” can’t keep a secret to save their f-ing life, and her husband won’t get out of the way. Tina Brown reading baby boomers need to get over this tokenism version of “equality” and get a damn life.
First of all, Palin is an asshead. That joke just wasn’t even gas gurgle-worthy.
Secondly, I’m a damn proud liberal and even prouder feminist so I don’t know WTF this article is talking about when it says women are embarrassed to use the word to describe themselves.
Third, I am 39, single, never been married and have 7 cats.
Last night Arianna Huffington was on teevee talking to Nate Silver and she said “thanks to you I am now addicted to POLES” and it gave me a stiffy.
4tehlulz: it’s MARK PENN’s FIRM, isn’t it? i wouldn’t trust a damn thing Bowser says, especially when the conclusion is (essentially) that Hillary should’ve won
I’m with Scribblin! Palin is an idiot and deserved every snarky thing said about her. I thought Hilz was treated pretty fairly and I hope she gets appointed Sec of State, but first Stacey and Clinton need to put her in front of the 360 mirror on What Not To Wear and make her promise to get a flattering wardrobe. I mean, she’s an attractive woman, so what’s up with those suits that make her look like a 75-year-old man? I don’t vote based on gender, but I’d vote for Rachel Maddow for anything she wants to run for. I mean that lady’s got the smarts, plus the awesome personality.
Serolf Divad: Amen! No ripping-off-of-nuts for you; I would place them gently on a red velveteen pillow for those astute remrks.
Scribblin’: I love you already.
Theodorick Of York: Freudian, you know.
You do realize that if this survey is to be believed, and that is a stretch, that this perception is the fault of women. Hillary and Palin beat the concept of infair media treatment into the ground so the media would go easy on them.
Look no further than Palin blaming Couric (a woman) for that ‘gotcha’ journalism. You know that gotcha question aboout what Palin read which took here a week to answer.
Ugh. I am sick of hearing about Clinton and Palin. Both acted like assholes and got trashed accordingly. (Note I did not say acted like “bitches” because I’m trying to make a point here that when you’re obnoxious, you’re just plain obnoxious and people don’t like it.)
I’m a young woman, a proud feminist, and a proud liberal. Were there occasional sexist comments made about these candidates? Sure, but there was also subtle racism against Obama and ageism against McCain. We are what we are, and you gotta have a tough skin to make it in Washington. These ladies need to stop bitching and start running for office or joining the press if they’re so pissed about things.
I am a screaming meemie feminist. Proud to say it. Hillary Clinton was just a screaming meemie Palin was a scream. Obama Hopeful had buckets of brains and charisma and we-need-this-nowness. He is now my preznit, and I feel he’ll do better by me than anybody else who ran. Sorry, Ken, et al. Being a feminist doesn’t mean you’ll buy anything any chick dishes out just b/c she’s a chick. I mean, let’s start with my mother….
Umm. Someone should point out that Mark Penn did this poll. You know, Mark Penn, who Hillary won’t pay becuase he is a douche or wouldn’t giver her one or something. SO me thinks Penn hates the wimens so he’s using this to get us all riled up. ANYWAYS, this feminist will think the world is not fair until I have my own manservent to wait on my for the next 3000 years. Then we’ll be even.
IslandGirlFL:
Oh, alright, I’ll sign up….
but once you hit 2800 years or so, don’t be expectin’ no more sponge baths.
…because she had an
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Boomer women are angry because they have a primitive understanding of feminism and preoccupy themselves with victimhood sweepstakes. Didn’t you know a woman should have the presidency before a black man because they’ve had it worse in this country (hahahaha)? When Gloria Steinem dies, I’ll buy a steak dinner. Good riddance to privileged white woman feminism.
heroinmule: I think that plastic bag in your stomach is leaking.
Jukesgrrl: Or Boomer women are horrid. Have you seen Desperate Housewives?
And BTW, it’s condoms filled with heroin, not plastic bags. Duh. Lubrication and all.
heroinmule: I have also lost all respect for Camille Paglia this year. Her articles on how wonderfully frontiersy Palin is and how she offers a “new type” of “muscular feminism” make me feel incredibly sick.
I just want to thank the Wonkette commenters for demonstrating to Digg commenters what clever sexist humor SHOULD look like. There’s an art to everything and just saying something is an href=”http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Women”>internet meme doesn’t mean it isn’t sexist. I applaud your skill and your dedication to lechery and licentiousness.