Why the fuck is misogyny still ok?

Before this whole Barack/ Hillary debacle I probably would have concluded that racism and misogyny were about equal in their levels of political unacceptability. Now I believe that feminism has not come nearly as far as black civil rights in particular (although probably not latino civil rights) in terms of the acceptability of blatantly violent speech.

I would argue that ultimately, class is the best determiner of whether or not your life is going to suck. But I have been pleasantly surprised at the lack of racist cartoons, commentary, and slant. The double standard of hatred, and acceptance of outright violent speech against women, on the other hand, has been alarming. It has definitely been a wake up call for me, and I am pretty pissed about it.

One supposedly progressive blog (Daily Kos) seemed to have no problem decrying Hillary’s supposed racism and calling her a heifer in the same breath.

Now, bear in mind that this is not necessarily a defense or endorsement of Clinton, but rather an outrage at the anti- woman coverage and attitudes of not only the media, but of many of my supposedly progressive friends and acquaintances.

Robin Morgan recently wrote an article called “Goodbye to all that (#2),” which does a better job of detailing this than I probably can. The whole thing is worth reading, but one particularly telling part, detailing examples, is this...

“Carl Bernstein’s disgust at Hillary’s “thick ankles.” Nixon-trickster Roger Stone’s new Hillary-hating 527 group, “Citizens United Not Timid” (check the capital letters). John McCain answering “How do we beat the bitch?” with “Excellent question!” Would he have dared reply similarly to “How do we beat the black bastard?” For shame.

Goodbye to the HRC nutcracker with metal spikes between splayed thighs. If it was a tap-dancing blackface doll, we would be righteously outraged—and they would not be selling it in airports. Shame.
Goodbye to the most intimately violent T-shirts in election history, including one with the murderous slogan “If Only Hillary had married O.J. Instead!” Shame.

Goodbye to Comedy Central’s “Southpark” featuring a storyline in which terrorists secrete a bomb in HRC’s vagina. I refuse to wrench my brain down into the gutter far enough to find a race-based comparison. For shame.

Goodbye to the sick, malicious idea that this is funny. This is not “Clinton hating,” not “Hillary hating.” This is sociopathic woman-hating. If it were about Jews, we would recognize it instantly as anti-Semitic propaganda; if about race, as KKK poison. Hell, PETA would go ballistic if such vomitous spew were directed at animals. Where is our sense of outrage—as citizens, voters, Americans?”

In recent google and youtube searches of the two presidential hopefuls names, I can not count the number of times I have seen Hillary called a bitch, whore, slut, fat, ugly, or any other slew of imaginable insults reserved for women. If the same were true for Obama... I don't even want to guess. Go ahead, try it, and see what you come up with. Any thoughts?