Status of Women

I have been thinking about the election and the wonderful election of Obama. I truly think that some good things are going to happen, not the least of which is raising the self-esteem African Americans, especially the young. It was so heartening to watch the school children on TV tell the world they feel they can do anything now that Obama has won.

However, I feel the status of women has been dearly wounded and may not recover for years. Think about it. After watching the way Hilary and Sarah were scorned and humiliated, what woman would dare to run for president? Hilary was viciously vivified. Remember the Hilary nut cracker? It was one thing to not want her for president, but why demonize her. And then there was Sarah Palin. Plucked from Alaska and misused by the republicans , she too was demonized and made a laughing stock. Yes, she was not qualified to be vice-president but why spread lies about her. Why not just talk about her lack of qualifications in a factual way and not make outrageous personal attacks.

And all the while the nation did not want Palin because she was not qualified, they didn't want Clinton either, a woman who was one of the most competent and qualified person in politics.

Yes, the glass ceiling had 80 million cracks in it but sadly many women and men used the opportunity to push the glass shards on the top of these too women heads.

This blog is mostly about northern California and my childhood in the 40s and I don't plan to write about politics in any significant manner, but the way women were treated in this election has saddened me and I feel that I have been pushed to the back of the bus. There could have been a less distructive message to women in this historic election.