Reply #47: You ask an interesting question.

[lumberjack_jeff]

"Are feminists sexist?"

That's too broad of a generalization to agree with. Sexism is understood to mean the inherent superiority of one gender. I would say that the subset of feminists who agree with the following statements are sexist.

a) we need a woman as president because then we wouldn't have war.
b) we need a woman as president because that's the only way to get family-friendly law.
c) we need a woman as president because that's the only way to get the patriarchal and aggressive men in government under control.

I don't think that feminists are necessarily any more sexist than men like me who think that most of the elements of the patriarchy which held women down have been eliminated, leaving only the ones which hold down men. Those disadvantages leave men 50% less likely to go to college, much more likely to die of violence, (leading to a nearly 10% shorter lifespan) and at greater risk of suicide and frequently abused by family court - the last intrinsically sexist government institution.

There are women out there who would make fine presidents. I would vote for Hillary in the general, but I'd be happier to vote for someone like Murray or Feinstein.

I also don't buy the idea that the office of president should be subject to (gender or any other form of) affirmative action.