Barack Obama and the Floating Uterus

Excerpt from an article in Slate Magazine (http://www.slate.com/id/2189485):

"On his train tour Saturday, Sen. Obama...decried Clinton's 'tactics of Washington,' in which she attacks him with every possible weapon. 'She's got the kitchen sink flying, the china flying. The buffet is coming at me …'"

Come on, Barack. Why do you have to resort to characterizing Hillary Clinton as an hysterical, embittered housewife? Doesn't anyone else see how sexist this remark is? I am simply mortified at how pervasive and accepted sexism is in our country (I would venture to say the world...). Television, movies, and news have made sure that the image of the out of control, demanding, irrational woman is emblazoned on the minds of all men. No doubt when he said those words, every man in that audience emitted a "knowing" laugh and thought to themselves, "I can relate to that!" Of course, what they are relating to is a fiction they have conjured up in their collective male minds.

I should be fair, here...lest I get accused of being sexist. Women buy into these fictive ideas about themselves as well. It is for this reason that women are the largest consumers of self-help books. Women are constantly told where they are lacking and are told just as quickly how they can "fix" themselves. Either way, it is harmful to both men and women and the relations between them.

I really, truly thought we had at least made it out of the Victorian era with its fantastical and absurd ideas about women. (Quick, duck! There is a floating uterus!) Thanks, Barack, for letting me know that this kind of sexism is alive and well! Oh, and Barack...a word of advice--hide all of your kitchen knives when Michelle is having her "monthly visitor".