U.S. Presidential Election 2008

[Deckard]

In all fairness, I don't think he's linking it to voting patterns per se, and it wouldn't surprise me to know that misogyny has been underpinning some of the flak she's receiving.

The difficulty for people overly keen to shout 'misogyny' is that there really are a lot of reasons to criticize Clinton, and it can be extremely difficult identifying - let alone proving - where exactly any misogyny lies. Some of it is obvious - 'get back in the kitchen' kind of stuff. But the bulk of criticism of Clinton is not like this, and regardless of what may or may not lie beneath the criticism, appears completely valid when taken on its own merit.

(If someone who is prone to misogyny attacks Clinton for valid reasons, is that misogyny?)

I doubt anyone here commenting on her is doing so for misogynistic reasons.

(Well apart from Sean, that is )

The point about racism could indeed be made against people seemingly fixated on, say, the Obama/Reverend Wright controversy.

Or we could go for some accusations of reverse sexism against all those women in Clinton's so-called "core base" refusing to vote for the male candidate(s). The point here is that it's a nice easy label to throw about because the accuser doesn't have to (and often cannot) pinpoint precise examples to back up their claim.

Really, I don't say this based on any personal agenda, but I'd say the most undeniable prejudice that I've seen emerge from this election campaign has been Islamophobia.