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If she doesn't smile, she's a bitch. (Original Post) louis-t Sep 2016 OP
They've got nothing else. Can't attack her on anything substantive Glorfindel Sep 2016 #1
Her smiles were delightful - not smug at all. They've really got nothin'. cyberswede Sep 2016 #2
I thought her smiles were beautiful. athena Sep 2016 #3
Yes, that's the sexim and hypocrisy Tom Rinaldo Sep 2016 #4
Women can't be trusted jcgoldie Sep 2016 #5

Glorfindel

(9,731 posts)
1. They've got nothing else. Can't attack her on anything substantive
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 10:20 AM
Sep 2016

Trump showed up and didn't have a TOTAL meltdown on live TV, so he won the debate. See how it works?

athena

(4,187 posts)
3. I thought her smiles were beautiful.
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 10:23 AM
Sep 2016

Our society has a terrible double standard, which the media is more than happy to uphold. Not to worry, however. We have an amazing candidate who does well no matter what is thrown her way. If there is one woman who can beat our society's sexism, it's Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Tom Rinaldo

(22,913 posts)
4. Yes, that's the sexim and hypocrisy
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 10:27 AM
Sep 2016

Men use the identical stage presence and get praised for it. But then again I hate it when they do it also. Just like I hate singers who smile while they are singing, no matter what the song.

Yes there is a bold double standard. Men get away with not smiling. Women don't. Men get away with smiling while they stick a knife in their opponent. Women don't. So there is nothing fair about it, but where Hillary could score some points would be if she smiled while joking about herself, or if she laughed reacting to some spontaneous unscripted moment. She can be really disarming in that way during live interviews. Unfair as it is, she would do well if more Americans could see her in that way.

But Trump's demeanor is AWFUL and that always should be getting 10 times the attention that Hillary's gets.

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