Misogyny and the Shuster Incident

Two pieces from tpmcafe that get started with the Shuster incident but then lead to larger issues. One calls for us not to miss the forest for the trees at MSNBC. Andrew Golis says:

...I find Shuster's suspension deeply absurd. Shuster, for anyone who missed the hubub yesterday, said that Hillary Clinton was "pimping out" her daughter Chelsea because Chelsea is campaigning for her. Stupid on the merits and an obviously gross and sexist metaphor. But worse than the persistent misogyny that comes from Scarborough, Matthews, and Tucker? Worse than, hour after hour and day after day, laying out a sexist worldview that might actually persuade viewers?...

He also uses a clip to praise Mika Brzezinski, a young woman who tried to push back the frat boy antics of Joe Scarborough.

Ruth Rosen writes the second piece and finishes by calling on Senator McCain to apologize:

Now that Sen. John McCain appears to be the Republican candidate, it's time for him to apologize to Hillary Clinton--and all America women--for allowing any woman to be called a "bitch." It doesn't matter that a woman was the supporter who yelled out the question. It's up to McCain to prove that history has not passed him by and that he respects half of the population he seeks to govern.

Remember the incident? It's linked in the article. As Mz. Rosen says, we have restrained our racism and avoided blatant racist language - so far. She then suggests, in a very overt way, that maybe it's way past time to do the same with our sexist behavior. I couldn't agree more. Maybe an awareness and a sensitivity to such behavior will be a major outcome of this presidential campaign. Certainly America is better than this. One would hope.

I should go back to watching golf on the television, or maybe for another walk...