Tuesday, September 23, 2008

How you attack sexism

Cleansing our language will not be as effective as attacking social institutions. This is a new ad from the Obama campaign that exposes McCain's sexist and paternalistic attitudes against women, as well as explicitly attacking McCain on equal pay and implicitly attacking him on Supreme Court Justices.

Better yet: rather than attack the mythological beast known as "the media" the ad targets what hinders women from receiving equal pay in this case, the law. It features Lilly Ledbetter from the Supreme Court case, Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire Co.

2 comments:

M said...

Thanks for posting this, Solon. I wish it were on the airwaves more.

harrogate said...

We can assume that this, and stuff like it, is all over the airwaves in the swing states.

Harrogate bets that more than a few in Michigan, for example, are acquainted with what Solon has posted. ;-)