Will It Ever Change??

Apparently not in my lifetime. It seems as if women (and men), all of whom are a great deal younger than me, could care less what's right and think that it is perfectly fine to demean another woman, as long as you disagree with her politics, policies or positions.

I started getting pissed off Saturday when I read a degrading, demeaning and completely undignified newspaper headline for an article written by Washington Post staff writer, Robin Givhan. "SOTOMAYOR'S WARDROBE CHECKS FEMININITY AT THE DOOR!"

The article in the Washington Post has a different headline than the one that appeared in our newspaper, but the article is the same.

When was the last time someone chided, ALITO'S [OR ENTER THE NAME OF ANY MALE SUPREME COURT NOMINEE OR JUSTICE] WARDROBE CHECKS MASCULINITY AT THE DOOR?

Ms. Givhan is not some pre-teen adolescent testing her boundaries. She is old enough to know better.

Follow Givhan's rant with the inane, ridiculous and demeaning MSNBC panel "debate" in which one man and three woman discuss Sarah Palin's sexual appeal as the reason people are attracted to her.

I just don't suppose it could be, like it or not, that she speaks for a pretty sizable segment of our society. Oh, hell, no. Let's just pretend "those" people don't exist or, better yet, dismiss any real interest or support and hang the fascination on her sexuality. That's a lot easier to deal with and disses Palin and her supporters at the same time.

This isn't a matter of politics. This is a matter of treating people, ALL PEOPLE, with dignity, respect and equality. This whole discourse is simply disgusting to me.