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My mother was an elected official who also had to put up with this shit. She was also referred to as a "mother of 4" in every article... 1/
Written about her. Male officials are never referred to this way. It drove her crazy when people called her by her first name instead... 2/
Of her title: they called the men "Commissioner" but called her "Lucille." Microaggressions dog female candidates/politicians just... 3/
As often as these larger issues. She once got asked to get coffee by male lobbyists who had come to speak with her, not knowing who... 4/
She was. She was criticized for doing too much and also doing too little ON THE EXACT SAME ISSUE, while the men around her behaved... 5/
The same way she did and no one said a fucking word about it. She was on a board of Commissioners with 2 men and bore the brunt of.... 6/
Critcism for all three of them, all the time. At one point, when I was in college, some asshole told her he was going to come after ME... 7/
To intimidate her out of a position all three of them espoused. The men? Saw no such threat. Don't tell me misogyny isn't a big part ... 8/
Of what's going on right now. It is my lived experience, as both a woman and the daughter of a female politician who got shit on... 9/
CONSTANTLY for yrs for things no one blinked an eye at when men did same. Seriously, fuck you if you say misogyny isn't at play here. 10/10
