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The Feminist Split
ByJonathan Chait explains why not supporting Clinton isn't an attack on feminism:
Typical politicians only stay in a campaign if they have a realistic prospect of winning. A majority of pledged delegates are now in Obama's camp, and with his total delegate lead nearly as large as the number of still-undecided superdelegates, Clinton's chances are essentially nil. But like the Japanese military in World War II, Clinton die-hards have a culture of perseverance. They see surrender as worse than defeat and fighting as a worthy end that need not have any real prospect of victory. In Tuesday's New York Times, a full-page ad from a group called WomenCount PAC announced, "Hillary's voice is OUR voice, and she's speaking for all of us."
It looks pretty crazy to those of us not old enough to fight in the second-wave feminist wars. If I spent years being disrespected and discriminated against in my household chores and my workplace, though, maybe I'd see it differently.
But Clinton's candidacy, unlike those of so many other women, is not and could never be a triumph for feminism. It's a triumph of nepotism and dynasticism.
