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Originally Posted by Gozer
That's not what I read.
I'll edit this in a couple hours and clarify
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Upon a second read, I think I get what you're reading. You're seeing it as "well we're criticizing her health and we should be allowed to!"
But criticizing her health with regards to the pneumonia thing (while still a grasp at straws) isn't a sexism issue, he can criticize and question her ability to serve well if her health is actually a problem, absolutely.
But he then takes it to an extreme and acts as if
merely menstruating is a detriment to your ability to serve in a public capacity, in the same way that a major health problem could potentially be a detriment to that capability. That is where it gets sexist. He compares menstruation to a massive health problem in terms of how it negatively affects one's ability to do a job (in this case, lead the country).
A woman on her period, even on her worst day, is just as capable of making important decisions, and he's implying that she cannot.