Guys, and I do mean guys, no matter what you may think about the Democratic nominee for President, know that her gender really does mean a lot. Not in the sense of whether she is capable of doing the job, but in the sense of how it will alter the way every woman in America will see her gender.
Please, just take a moment, open your mind, and imagine that you are a girl growing up in the United States:
- In school you learn that the Declaration of Independence was signed by 56 men, and that the Constitution was signed by 39 men.
- You learn that every U.S. President has been a man.
- You learn that women were not allowed to vote for 133 years after the Constitution was ratified.
- You learn that females are 51% of the population but are less than one quarter of the members of the U.S. Congress.
- You learn that the first American launched into space, and every person who walked on the moon was a man, and that no American woman would be chosen to go into space for another 22 years after that first launch.
- Every year your family watches the World Series and the Super Bowl. Every player is a man.
- You love books, movies, and TV. Most of the stories are about boys and men.
- You love popular music. Most bands are composed of guys.
