Both Maureen Dawd and Kathleen Parker with those editorials as opposed to showing liberated women display their "ageness" by wanting a man who just bullies his way because he is a man. It seems that they would be just fine with that. The whole idea behind the women liberation movement is that women and men were just as… equal, just as competent.The premise behind a real democracy is that one gets better results if one can first attempt at consensus (even though this failed with GOP but the effort was necessarily made).
These journalists cannot be that dense. They write these inflammatory statements so that others will read their dying columns. If this is not the case, then one can only wonder about whether they in fact feel equal to men. I am happy my daughter does and has not quite made me a sissy.
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Columnists Call Obama A ‘Female’ With A ‘Humanoid’ Problem
The Huffington Post | Erin Booth First Posted: 06-30-10
Two Pulitzer Prize winning columnists took aim at President Barack Obama on Wednesday. The Washington Post’s Kathleen Parker called him the "first female president" and The New York Times’s Maureen Dowd declared that Obama has a "humanoid" problem.
Parker posted a controversial column on Wednesday entitled "Obama: Our first female president" in which she argues that the President "displays many tropes of femaleness."
Parker explains that when it comes to dealing with crises, Obama maybe be suffering from a "rhetorical-testosterone deficit" and his reaction to the BP oil crisis is "a textbook case of how Obama’s rhetorical style has impeded his effectiveness." Parker argues that his style is female in nature because like women, Obama tends to act more passively and form circles to talk out problems instead of taking immediate action.
The president’s actions in the wake of the BP disaster has been a case-in-point, according to Parker.
When asked about Parker’s column in an appearance on"Good Morning America" Dowd told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos that Obama is more of a "humanoid" than a woman. She agrees with Parker that the president has a tendency to wait and look before acting, but she says it is not really male or female trait, "it’s a problem."
In the past, Hillary and Sarah Palin were criticized for their "male management traits" which take the form of a "my way or the highway" approach, Dowd said, whereas Obama turns to "consensus and compromise." Dowd said this characteristic may be a result of the way he was raised, because unlike Presidents George W. Bush and John F. Kennedy, Obama did not grow up with a "rich daddy" to provide him with the confidence to make bold decisions.
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Columnists Call Obama A ‘Female’ With A ‘Humanoid’ Problem