J.D.Regent commented on Hillary As Sec Of State: Some Call It The "Women's Spot"

"@yellow_dog: Well as you can see from this very thread I am arguing that it doesn't really."

J.D.Regent commented on Hillary As Sec Of State: Some Call It The "Women's Spot"

"@yellow_dog: equality for women in all positions of power, for starters."

J.D.Regent commented on Hillary As Sec Of State: Some Call It The "Women's Spot"

"@undefined: I think that is a legitimate theory esp because it points to larger systems of patriarchy operating in different fields, rather than suggesting (as I interpreted Jenkins to be doing, perhaps wrongly) that now we just put women and people of color in this role because people are used to it and they're not used to seeing a woman as Sec."

J.D.Regent commented on Hillary As Sec Of State: Some Call It The "Women's Spot"

"@yellow_dog: "old white dude" is a term of art, referring to the same kind of person who has always been in power in a patriarchal and racist world, of which all current and past secretaries of treasury are beneficiaries."

J.D.Regent commented on Hillary As Sec Of State: Some Call It The "Women's Spot"

"@PilgrimSoul: what is that about (sos as a place for others), if you take it to actually be a pattern and not just a coincidence?"

J.D.Regent commented on Hillary As Sec Of State: Some Call It The "Women's Spot"

"@NefariousNewt: duuuuude...i'm pretty sure denying privilege is not where we all want this conversation to go."

J.D.Regent commented on Hillary As Sec Of State: Some Call It The "Women's Spot"

"@PilgrimSoul: I actually think it is really interesting that three women and two people of color have recently been appointed to this position, because it does NOT seem to be a particularly feminized or ethnicized position or field."

J.D.Regent commented on Hillary As Sec Of State: Some Call It The "Women's Spot"

"@PilgrimSoul: I guess I would need to know about women in state dept and treasury generally."

J.D.Regent commented on Frigidity & Stained Glass Windows: 'Modern Love' Continues To Prove Unhappy Families All Same, Dull

"@bokkie: well she does say she is in therapy, in which she is obviously discussing the issue."

J.D.Regent commented on Hillary As Sec Of State: Some Call It The "Women's Spot"

"@Ratinski: right it just seems actually and factually untrue that SoS is a safe, women's place just because there has before been a woman in that role."