WaPo: I recently met with a group of high school and college women who had come to D.C. for a leadership conference. I wondered whether they felt -- as many women in my generation do -- that Hillary Clinton suffered in the Democratic presidential primary from rank bias against women. So I asked them: Did Clinton's sex play a part in her losing the nomination? And did her loss dissuade them or their girlfriends from wanting to pursue political careers?
Their answers were no and no.
On the first question, they though Clinton lost on the issues. This was not women's loss; it was hers. On the second question, they're not disheartened. If anything, by almost winning, Clinton inspired them to work even harder to elect themselves or other young women. Read the rest -- a must read
Like the race issue, women have made great strides, thanks to the feminist movement, but the feminist movement has not advanced with the strides it has made. They're still fighting the old fight and to the younger people, where sexism isn't as rampant, it's just not ringing any bells.
