Steven C. Dinero Local columnist

Steven C. Dinero

Local columnist

A recent essay in Time Magazine (Sept. 9) really got my blood boiling. It wasn’t as if I was surprised by what the author, journalist Caitlin Moscatello, had to say. After all, she was simply verbalizing what many Americans seem to believe these days. And yet, as I read her short piece, I could not help but feel a combination of anger, sadness and frustration. Here we are well into the 21st century. This is United States of America for goodness sakes. Is this the best we can do?

The essay, entitled “Vote for the woman because she’s a woman,” made a very basic point which, as the title suggests, is now the argument-de-jure throughout much of this country: a) we need to have a woman President and b) while men may not get this because we are by definition all Neanderthals whose knuckles still drag along the ground as we walk women, who are far more enlightened, should surely understand that we need two X-chromosomes in the Oval Office. She writes, “Female lawmakers better represent women’s interests, pushing laws in areas frequently prioritized by female voters, including health care, civil rights and issues affecting families.”

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