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Originally Posted by HockeyIlliterate
Try Politico. Or Harper’s Bazaar. The stories are out there.
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Ok, I found one custom made for you:
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It’s recently come to light that, 20 years ago, Kamala Harris dated former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown. While Brown was still married at the time, he had been estranged from his wife since 1981. Harris and Brown broke up in 1995.
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On Monday, the Former mayor issued a very brief statement to SFGate entitled “Sure, I dated Kamala Harris. So What?” In it he mentioned he certainly helped her career, but he “also helped the careers of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Sen. Dianne Feinstein and a host of other politicians. The difference is that Harris is the only one who, after I helped her, sent word that I would be indicted if I 'so much as jaywalked' while she was D.A.”
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Many opponents of Harris have not handled this quite so well .. calling her either a gold digger or a prostitute ... But this is a remarkably gendered attack, and, if you’re a sexist, a fairly brilliant one.
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Assuming that a woman’s success is directly tied to a man she knew 20 years ago is fairly absurd, regardless ... reaffirms a worldview pleasing to those who’d like to believe that men are the ones with the real power, and, if a woman ever exerts power, it’s been generously bestowed on her by a man.
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The people horrified by Kamala Harris’ actions are not, I do not think, largely horrified by extramarital affairs. If they were, they could not tolerate a President who cheated on his pregnant wife. But then, that would mean holding men to the same standards as women.
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For sexists, the hubbub around Kamala Harris acts as a convenient reminder to other women thinking of running that, if you choose to, you had better have married your high school sweetheart. Otherwise, your past may not be pure enough to satisfy people.
None of which is to say that Kamala Harris’ record shouldn’t be examined. There are many career choices she’s made which are good, and many she’s made which aren’t. But perhaps we could look at those choices, rather than looking at who she dated. You know, as we would with a male candidate.
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You know, because you asked.
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/cultur...ing-explained/
Painting a relationship Harris had 25 year ago as "sleeping around to get ahead" is sexist, plain and simple. And so is suggesting she only got the VP pick because she was a woman.
If the clear sexism apparent in your descriptions of Harris' old relationship and her qualifications wasn't enough, the fact that you see those and compare Trump, who is infinitely less qualified and has his own history of being handed financial gain he did not earn, as well as an actual history of cheating and claims of sexual abuse, and think "this might make me vote for Trump" makes it pretty clear what you actually value, so stop pretending any time.