Here is a post at Althouse, where Ann talks about Amanda Marcotte’s charges of sexism against the people who caused her to lose a plum role in the John Edwards campaign - Althouse: Marcotte blames sexism for her troubles.
Here is what I find galling - Amanda charges sexism and Ann agrees with her, but a look a little deeply into Amanda’s post -I was aware that I didn’t exactly fit the image people have of bloggers who join campaigns — the stereotype being 30-something nerdy young white men who wear khakis and obsess over crafting their Act Blue lists.
Oh, I get it now - it is OK for women to call men nerdy, comment on their clothes and obsessions - not sexist at all, but when people point out Amanda’s anti-catholic rants and the erasure from her blog of truly sexist posts (take for example, her belief that the Duke lacrosse people were guilty simply because they were charged of rape), then people are just being sexist?
I have been in a mostly male environment ever since I joined engineering college and then went on into a career of software technology. I love my geeky credentials. I like the people I have worked with. It is really sad that instead of self-reflecting and trying to understand true hate is disgusting whether coming from a man or woman, Amanda simply chose to cry, “sexist!”.
The problem with crying sexism is that it cuts off any debate - once someone accuses you of being evil, how do you turn around and have a civil argument with that person?
Also, very interesting is the constant use of “young” when Amanda describes herself and herr friend - what is that supposed to mean? Seriously, how does this woman have any credibility left as a feminist or a woman?