Obama’s Politicized Commencement Speech: "In a trend that I find particularly distasteful, “women” has become a political issue. Candidates are judged on their “support for women,” as if that has a clear set of policy decisions and opinions. Certain politicians are dubbed “anti-women,” and the GOP has supposedly declared a “War on Women.”
But what can this possibly mean, in a world where women make their own decisions and form their own opinions outside the confines of their gender? Some women are pro-life; some women are pro-choice. Some women are advocates for universal health care; some women are not. Some women support gun rights, others do not. Some women will vote for Barack Obama in 2012, and other women will not.
Truly supporting women means understanding that the opinions of one woman cannot be assumed based solely on her gender – or her choice of college. Supporting women does not mean dismissing each woman’s individual opinions for the ease of categorizing her gender. Supporting women does not mean delivering a commencement speech at a women’s college, in an election year, because it is a women’s college."
A well written and thoughtful article.
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