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Uh-Oh. Was That Gloria Steinem Yelling "Iron My Shirt"?
I didn't find Gloria Steinem's op-ed nearly as gentle a nudge as Meghan did. In fact, she walked in and gave me whiplash: I do not want to be made to feel like a traitor if my vote is not gender-based. She says "I'm not advocating a competition for who has it toughest'' but—just like my kids, who always preface their most offensive remarks with "no offense, but...''—that's exactly what she is doing. And in the process, I'm not sure she's doing her candidate any favors. I have argued endlessly that Clinton's negatives were never about gender. And as Dahlia suggests, this election may not even tell us much about who has it toughest.
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