President Obama talks to men about Hillary Clinton's gender
During the most intense period of the Democratic primaries, I wrote about Bernie Sanders’ laudable willingness to address sexism head on. Here is what he said early in the campaign: “I think for a variety of reasons, Hillary Clinton has been under all kinds of attack for many, many years. In fact, I can’t think of […]

“I think for a variety of reasons, Hillary Clinton has been under all kinds of attack for many, many years. In fact, I can’t think of many personalities who have been attacked for more reasons than Hillary Clinton. And by the way, let me be frank and I’m running against her: Some of it is sexist. I don’t know that a man would be treated the same way that Hillary is.”
President Obama has also been front and center on the issue, showing the courage to say what so many won’t: That Hillary Clinton is subjected to a glaring double standard. He famously recalled the challenges she faced in 2008:
“She was doing everything I was doing, but just like Ginger Rogers, it was backward in heels. And every time I thought I might have had the race won, Hillary just came back stronger.”
Obama spoke at a campaign rally on Tuesday and addressed men directly about why women have been excluded from the presidency:
It is a travesty that rampant sexism against Hillary Clinton has remained largely unspoken in the 2016 race, and kudos to President Obama for having the courage to tackle it head on.
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