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PATRIARCHY SURVIVES IN THE FEMININE HEART

Feb 18, 2020
by Caroline Miller
a woman should be silent, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, how women impede other women, patriarchy, Pete Buttigieg
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Elizabeth Warren courtesy of msn.com

I’m beginning to wonder how far I can roll my eyes to the back of my head before they fall out. After watching the ABC Democratic Presidential debate I begin to despair.  As a whole, I thought it was the best of the series and that the exchange between the candidates shed more light than shadows.  Even so, there appears to have been a gaggle of women in the audience who consciously or unconsciously didn’t want to see a woman succeed. They objected to Elizabeth Warren’s aggressive debate-style and felt more comfortable with Mayor Pete Buttigieg. 

To find fault with a woman’s candidacy because of her aggressive delivery, is, to my mind, a form of sexual harassment. The attitude hearkens to an old patriarchal prototype in which a woman, like a child, is to be seen and not heard.

Frankly, like Warren, we should all be shouting about the unequal distribution of wealth in this country.  Six of the top U. S. banks saved $18 billion dollars in taxes this year thanks to Donald Trump’s tax cuts.  (“The Bottom Line,” The Week, January 31, 2020, pg. 32.) Eighteen billion dollars wouldn’t wipe out the  $1.5 trillion outstanding debt from student loans, but it could provide welcome relief to many young people.  

The women at the debate were probably mothers with sons and daughters in college. If they could have set aside their prejudice, they might have heard Warren’s message, one with which they would probably agree. Unfortunately in politics, style can trump substance.

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  1. Maggi White February 18, 2020 at 8:16 am Reply
    I agree with this commentary. Maggi White
    • Caroline Miller February 18, 2020 at 9:00 am Reply
      Good to know you are on my side.

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Portland, Oregon author Caroline Miller had distinguished careers as an educator, union president, elected official and artist/advocate.

Her play, Woman on the Scarlet Beast, was performed at the Post5 Theatre, Portland, OR, January/February 2015

Caroline published a serialized novelette, Marie Eau-Claire, on the website, The Colored Lens.  She also published the story Gustav Pavel,  a parable about ordinary lives, choice and alternate potential, on the website Fixional.co.

Caroline has published four novels

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