Brownfemipower blogs about the recent lose of Hilary Clinton (we’ll, technically not a lose yet):
I feel your loss, I understand why it hurts to see a woman lose, probably (I disagree, but I am willing to see your point) because of sexism.
But some of us who care about institutional misogyny don’t feel a loss at Clinton not being elected. There would have been no barrier broken if she were elected. I personally don’t look at Clinton and think–geez, look at all she accomplished–now I can do the same thing–I think–geez–she supported the militarization of the Mexican/U.S. border. There are women now being raped, arrested, imprisoned, and ripped from their children because she actively supports increased militarization at the border.
Crossposting a modified comment from ABW:
The attacks from Clinton’s stable of second-wave feminists are especially rage-inducing because they’re not just promoting racism with their bullshit, but sexism itself. It’s the sexism of comparison: in order for white women to be put on a pedestal by The Patriarchy, WoC have necessarily been put down. This forces all sorts of unrealistic expectations on the white women — e.g., white women must be the epitome of beauty; white women are desirable possessions/objects; white women can do no wrong. No woman in her right mind wants to be thought of this way, because in order to live up to those expectations she can’t be human. But the second-wavers keep trying to reject the pedestal without rejecting the putting-down of WoC that forms the pedestal’s base. They don’t seem to realize that as long as the pedestal is built on our backs, they’re never going to be able to get off the damn thing.
So no, I don’t feel a loss at Clinton’s failure, and yes, I’m annoyed that so many white women feel a loss. Fine, they don’t see the racism. Yay for privilege. But they don’t see the sexism, either, and that just pisses me off.