It's this standard Republican/conservative/right-wing/neocon/whatthefuckever tactic of appointing, nominating, or otherwise running a woman for a political position and when she's opposed by the left for some undesirable trait or other, accusing us of not meaning what we say when we say we want women to have a greater role in the public sphere. Of course they completely overlook the fact that we believe women should have a greater role in the public sphere where qualified to do so--in other words, among equally qualified candidates, women should have an equal chance at any given job. Of course it'd make them look bad if they actually, I dunno, accurately represented the arguments of the left... so...
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Date: 2005-10-04 06:10 pm (UTC)