"Emotional"

Headline that caught my eye today: Obama, emotional Clinton eye Super Tuesday

You know, all this stupid media-attention to the primaries is making me tired and irritable. What bugs me the most is how sexist most of the presentation of Hilary Clinton has been.

You know, the last time I checked there were more emotions than "teary" and yet that's the only thing that gets called emotional. Anger is an emotion, so is frustration, happiness, concern, joy, optimism, boredome, anxiety, sadness and excitement. All of the candidates are emotional right now, they're all showing emotion every single day of the week and during every speech or handshake.

A passionate speech is emotional, rallying supporters is emotional, getting interviewed is emotional.

Somehow, none of the things that male candidates do is emotional, but if Hilary Clinton gets teary-eyed, she's being emotional.

Watch out, voters! Women are emotional! We don't want some hysterical woman running the country! We want some stoic man who doesn't let his emotions show. Except, for, you know, when he gets excited about football scores or gleeful about winning a primary or frowning about going down in the polls.

It seems that apparently emotion is bad when women have them, but if men have emotions it's not even noticed.