Women and Politics and Media Coverage

I agree with Deborah Siegel, that the treatment of Palin and Bachman is a women’s issue and not just a political issue. But it appears to this outsider that conservative women are treated differently than liberal women.

What do you think?

Siegel: “Let’s just agree: sexism transcends. The double standard is not about political parties, but about women and men. Even so, these reductive comparisons of two female candidates mark a new low for women in politics. We’re simply not seeing similar comparisons between, say, Mitt Romney and Rick Perry. How ridiculous it would seem to point out their proclivity for wearing a certain pattern on their tie or a 1950s-style hairdo. History will prove whether either of these female prospective candidates has what it takes to run a country. But in the meantime, let’s not lick our lips for a catfight, nor reduce Bachmann prematurely to “a flake.”