Equality and Responsibility: The Feminist Paradox
Nearly a year after losing the 2016 Presidential Election to Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton released an excerpt from her memoir titled What Happened. If the excerpt serves as a microcosm for the entire 512-page book, it will probably become required reading for many gender studies classes at colleges across the USA . In the excerpt, Hillary Clinton complains about then-candidate Trump’s behavior at the second Presidential debate, saying “Now, we were on a small stage and no matter where I walked, he followed me closely, staring at me, making faces.” She also fantasized about looking him in the eye and saying “Back up, you creep, get away from me! I know you love to intimidate women, but you can’t intimidate me, so back up!” Trump “invading her space” at the second Presidential debate had absolutely nothing to do with her losing the election; which makes me think that the whole book is just one big therapy session, with the readers acting as her therap...