Young Women, Feminism, and Hillary Clinton

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I am a 27 year old woman who was raised to be empowered by my gender and who feels strongly about womans rights. Ive always believed that woman should stand up for themselves and other woman. That we need to stop putting emphasis on body image and superficial things and to realize that we are so much more than the image we try so hard to live up to in our society. When learning about our government I hoped and dreamed that soon we would see the first woman president. That young girls could grow up seeing that we have the power to be so much more then a pretty face. You would think I would have supported Hillary and been excited about having the chance to actually see a woman in office. I felt the opposite and for the first time in my life I felt strongly about my political opinion and felt strongly about being part of the voting process in general. You see my generation has been so apathetic about politics and government. Most, never educating themselves about either candadites in an election. When asked who they are voting for they usually answer with the candidate that their parents support. If you ask them why they don't really have an answer. We are a media controlled society and my generation believes whatever they hear and never questions what we are being told. Most of their political information came from Michael Moore's "Farenheit 911." It was only after it became a blockbuster hit that the streeets of manhattan were filled with young people wearing anti bush t-shirts and pins as if was the latest hipster trend. It became cool to hate George Bush. I cannot say I support George Bush or his decision to go to war because I don't. My opinions about our president and the war are my own. Not Michael Moores as I refused top see the movie for this reason. Back to Hillary, I first was dissapointed by her representing women when she stayed with her husband even though she knew of his extramarital affairs. If she would have left him and stood up for women by saying I respect myself too much to stay in a marraige where my husband is off screwing young girls then I would have looked up to her. I was a young girl when that happened and I remember wondering why she wouldn't have left him. Now I realize that she stayed with him because she had plans for her future and she needed him to get to where she wanted to be. Now I know that the message she was sending was far worse than I thought as a child. The message of staying with a man only because you need him and don't believe you can get where you want to be without him. What kind of feminist is that? I am voting for Barack Obama because after researching who he is and what he has done as well as what he stands for and believes in I think he will be the best president. We have had the same thing over and over so why not try something different? If it doesn't work then we will be no worse off. I have read many books on Hillary and the Clinton presidency. I have read archive news articles about Senator Clinton. I have gone on public record websites to see exactly what she has done for our country, what she's voted for and what she's voted against. I have read her bio as she tells it and also as it says in the encyclopedia. I have made my decision based on this. My decision that I want a women to be president but she's not the one. I will not vote for a woman who has lied, stolen, and who changes what she believes in and what she stands for all for her lifes mission and number one goal to be the first woman president. Yes she is a fighter and she is a strong woman who knows what she wants and doesnt give up. All qualities I admire in a woman except she doesnt care who she has to destroy or who she will use to get what she wants. Qualities that as a human being I am disgusted by. I am very happy that Obama is the nominee. I would not be able to vote for Hillary if she were the nominee. Most likely I would have not voted at all. The one thing I keep seeing, hearing and reading is how all these women are angry with the fact that Hillary did not win. That the race was unfair because she was female and men don't want a women to be president. That the media was unfair that Obama doesn't deserve the nomination. It frustrates me and im so dissapointed in women. When ive asked any one of my female peers who they are voting for they say Hillary. When I ask them why they say because they want a woman to be president? When I ask my male peers the same question they say because the economy was good when Bill Clinton was president. Ive heard from both genders that Obama will try to eliminate the white race. He's HALF WHITE!!!! There are very few people in my generation who voted for Hillary that have a valid reason as to why she should be president. If I hear one more time I know she is a liar and not a moral person but she has more experience I am going to vomit. It just shows how much it doesnt matter if a person is immoral and selfish as long as on the outside everything looks good. Pretty sad!

sarah of NY 4:39PM June 09, 2008