Disagreeing with Steinem
By It’s a somewhat delicious coincidence that the “Iron my Shirt” scandal has broken on the very same day as the Times published Gloria Steinem’s op-ed column calling on women to vote for Clinton because she is a woman.
That said, I’ve got to agree with Melinda Henneberger here (words I thought I’d never say). Voting feminist does not necessarily equate to voting for Clinton. As much as I — and many other young feminists — would love to vote for her, she doesn’t support our progressive feminist values as strongly and vehemently as some of her competitors do. Maybe she once did, but that day has been lost in the morass of her “experience.”
And I don’t think Steinem does her any favors. In a way that feeds right into feminist critics, her column feels more like a scolding than a call to arms.