Article: Gender, Race and Politics

I appreciated Marie Cocco's May 15 piece detailing the unchallenged sexism of media coverage of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton ["Misogyny I Won't Miss," op-ed]. As a longtime supporter of Sen. John McCain, I don't back either Ms. Clinton or Sen. Barack Obama, but I have been appalled by the sexist comments proffered by cable news media when discussing Ms. Clinton. These same media are quick to pounce on any comment that is even remotely racist, but their own belittling or demeaning comments inspired by the gender of the candidate rarely garner rebukes.

KATE MARTINS

Annandale

Oh, c'mon. Hatred of women is "accepted as a part of our culture"? And that's because the media sometimes pick on ...

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