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15 of the Most Horribly Misogynist Quotes About Hillary Clinton
15 of the Most Horribly Misogynist Quotes About Hillary Clinton
Who else is already tired of sexist media?
April 22 2015 5:20 PM EST
November 08 2024 5:58 AM EST
Maybe you’re a Hillary Clinton supporter, maybe you’re not. But we can all agree that sexism has no place in a 2015 Presidential race. Unfortunately, this isn’t the case. Women in politics face more criticism, more biased coverage, and more sexist tropes than their male counterparts. According to Ultra Violet, an organization to expand women’s rights, the media is more likely to comment on a woman’s appearance and family, and even fail to use her official title in order to undermine her as a candidate.
Whether it’s about her wardrobe, her emotions, her husband or her politics, here are a few choice misogynist quotes aimed at Hillary Clinton throughout her career. There's a lot of eye-rolling ahead.
1. “I don’t need her to drown me in estrogen every time she opens her mouth” –Ana Navarro, GOP Strategist
2. “In her Iowa round tables, she acted as though she were following dating tips from 1950s advice columnists to women trying to "trap" a husband: listen a lot, nod a lot, widen your eyes, and act fascinated with everything that's said.” –Maureen Dowd, New York Times Columnist
3. “If Hillary Rodham married some guy named Bill Smith we wouldn't be having this or any other conversation about her. She might be a lawyer someplace or other but she wouldn't be running for president - and wouldn't have been elected to the United States Senate and wouldn't have been picked as secretary of state” -Bernie Goldberg, Fox News
4. "When she comes on television, I involuntarily cross my legs." -Tucker Carlson, MSNBC
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5. “Biologically speaking, postmenopausal women are ideal candidates for leadership. They are primed to handle stress well, and there is, of course, no more stressful job than the presidency.” -Dr. Julie Holland, Time Magazine
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6. “The cleavage registered after only a quick glance. No scrunch-faced scrutiny was necessary. There wasn’t an unseemly amount of cleavage showing, but there it was.” -Robin Givhan, Washington Post
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7. “Iron my shirt!” -Heckler at a rally in 2008
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8. "I'm starting to worry that when Hillary Clinton travels, there's gonna need to be two planes – one for her and her entourage, and one for her baggage." -Rand Paul, Presidential hopeful
9. "You all saw the famous photo from the weekend of Hillary looking so haggard and, what, looking like 92 years old. If that's the face of experience, I think it's going to scare away a lot of those independent voters that are on the fence." -Michelle Malkin, Fox News
10. “What is the downside of having a woman become the president of the United States?” -Bill O'Reilly
11. “You mean besides the PMS and the mood swings, right...Well, you know, I'm joking. Of course, the main problem I have is if a woman has a female agenda.” –Marc Rudov’s response to the above question
12. “Shrill-ary: Is Clinton’s problem as basic as her voice?” –Headline by Megan Garber in the Columbia Journalism Review
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13. “When Barack Obama speaks, men hear, 'Take off for the future.' And when Hillary Clinton speaks, men hear, 'Take out the garbage.'” -Marco Rudov (again!)
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14. "It is what it is but it’s patently unfair that male candidates have to bend over backwards to avoid being condescending when dealing with women candidates." -James Joyner, in a column about Clinton and sexism
15. “Will Americans want to watch a woman get older before their eyes on a daily basis? And that woman, by the way, is not going to want to look like she’s getting older because it’ll impact poll numbers, it’ll impact perceptions.” -Rush Limbaugh
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