I won't spend too much time on this. People usually assume that because I am liberal and a woman that I back Hillary Clinton. The women who do support her often seem shocked that I don't. For a great many reasons, I do not support her. For a great many reasons I support Barack Obama. I have been following him for many years, at least since he began getting national media coverage in 2004. I remember after hearing an interview on the radio (possibly NPR but I can't find it in their archives) my husband and I discussed him for quite some time both hoping for the day when he would be able to run for president. Neither of us thought that day would be any time soon and neither did we think he'd be given a fair shot.
Really what I intended to get at is that feminism is not about supporting women no matter what. It is about the strength of your own mind. It is about ensuring that women are taken as equals in all respects in areas where gender plays, or should play, no role. I'm glad Clinton is not the presumptive candidate, but I'm glad she made it this far. And that is because the fact is, gender still plays a role in the undermining of women - even by other women. (ie I can't believe she wore that!). We made great leaps in diminishing racial bias in a short period of time, here's hoping we can do the same for gender bias.
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