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The Crimson Hits A New Low

I am going to be sick.

I would venture to guess that Gloria Steinem has never read Thucydides.

She and her ideological sisters at Ms. Magazine seem to have overlooked some particularly sound advice in the Athenian admiral’s account of Pericles’ “Funeral Oration.” In his speech, Pericles suggests that “not to be talked about for good or evil among men” is a woman’s “great glory.” His concern is not the limitation or restriction of women and their actions, but rather their ennoblement; he does not think they should be subject to gossip and rumor. Women want—and deserve— privacy, Pericles seems to be saying.

First of all, kudos to the genius headline writer that gave this the subtitle "Delusional feminists set the clock back on women’s rights", before allowing Chris Lacaria to cite as his example of the modern moral authority: Thucydides.

But really: I'm not sure whether this column offends me because it's so stunningly arrogant & paternalistic, or just because it's monumentally irrelevant. Where, by God, does Chris Lacaria get the authority to tell the women of Ms. Magazine what is and is not appropriate discourse -- and then, amazingly, to turn around and say that "Women deserve better"?

("Honey, quick, go back in the kitchen! There's SCARY FEMINISTS on the TV!")

I can't believe it's 2006 and we even have to deal with this crap. I thought all this was basically settled 30 years ago. Did I miss something? Have disco and the pet rock come back?

Or is the Crimson just hard-up for material, and resorted to scraping the bottom of the barrel?

Republicans Are Sexist

Sen. Elizabeth Dole, as head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (the Republican organization which is in charge of winning Senate seats), has been raising less money than her counterpart, Sen. Chuck Schumer, this election cycle. While this could partly be due to donors focusing on the more centralized Republican National Committee (RNC), Elizabeth Dole's ineptitude, or just the general feeling this year, I think there is a more shameful explanation.

Republicans don't trust or believe in the leadership of women. The RNC and the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), which are both out-raising their Democratic counterparts, are both headed by men (Ken Mehlman and Rep. Tom Reynolds, respectively). While this may seem like a far-fetched, conspiracy-obsessed feminist theory, there is evidence which strongly supports it.

An article written by the teacher of Government 1300: The Politics of Congress, David C. King, cites a study which shows, among other things, that female Republican candidates can pick up about 10 percentage points among independents and Democrats in a general election. More interestingly, it also shows that voters who identify as strong Republicans tend to be skeptical about and not support female candidates.

This is important because strong republicans are the ones who donate money to campaigns. If donors do not view Elizabeth Dole as a strong leader, they are not going to donate money to the organization she is running. Therefore, she will raise less money than her Democratic counterpart (which is definitely a very odd thing since Republicans out-raise Democrats on the scale of about 3 to 2).

This situation is depressing for two reasons. First, it shows that sexism is alive and well (at least among Republicans- Democrats are willing to cross party lines just to vote for a woman!). Second, despite the fact that Elizabeth Dole and the NRSC are making less money than the DSCC (Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee), the RNC and the NRCC are both outpacing their Democratic counterparts, so the money which would have been donated to an otherwise male-headed NRSC is probably still being donated to Republicans, instead going to the other two of the national election organizations, and therefore, Democrats are yet again raising less money than Republicans.

WHICH MEANS WE ALL NEED TO GET OUT THERE AND KNOCK ON DOORS SO THAT SEXIST REPUBLICAN DOLLARS ARE COUNTERACTED BY DEMOCRATIC VOLUNTEERS!