ON THE CUTTING EDGE: THE NEW AGENDA To Serve As Watchdog For Women Candidates
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THE NEW AGENDA To Serve As Watchdog For Women Candidates
August 31, 2008--The New Agenda (www.thenewagenda.net), a non-partisan women’s rights advocacy group with men and women members nationwide, recognizes the history making selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as Sen. John McCain’s running mate. As Gov. Palin hits the campaign trail, The New Agenda members will serve as watchdogs monitoring news coverage and statements by political pundits, campaign surrogates and other commentators for any sexist bias.
"We cannot and will not sit idly by while another qualified candidate goes through what Senator Hillary Clinton had to endure. Issues are fair game. Sexist treatment is no longer fair game,” says Amy Siskind, a co-founder of The New Agenda.
The New Agenda members are monitoring the airwaves, blogs, and print reports for derogatory language, misogynist attacks, and denigrating statements. The New Agenda will respond swiftly against any perpetrators of such attacks.
“Our members were outraged that within 24 hours of Governor Palin’s historic candidacy she was dismissed as 'tokenism,' she was referred to as a 'MILF' (mother I’d like to f*uck), and chuckling male commentators said: 'The only thing she didn’t say was who needs some pie I baked this morning?,'” adds Siskind.
The New Agenda members are committed to promoting women’s leadership and ensuring that women candidates are treated with the respect they deserve. We are confident that the media, the campaigns and campaign surrogates can turn this historic election into one we can look back on with pride.
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Editorial Note: If anyone comes across an article, editorial, blog post, blog comment, cartoon or photo that denigrates Sarah Palin because of her gender please send The Stiletto an e-mail that includes a link to the offensive material to thestiletto@thestiletto.info. The Stiletto has already seen a photo of a tee shirt promising a vote for McCain if Palin commits a certain sex act on the wearer. Our nation’s daughters are watching this race closely now. For their sake, as much as Palin’s, our society has to hold misogynistic miscreants to account until everyone understands that sexism is as dehumanizing as racism.
I am a democrat and I am furious and my husband also. We are voting for McCain and Palin, because we know they will do a good job. The reports and CNN number one. CNN should be off TV completely. We will vote. If I can help just let us know.
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I'm in agreemwnt with this article, absolutely. I've had no interest in politics before in my life, and though I'm a Republican, I watched Hillary's campaign closely because I respect her work over YEARS and YEARS. The way she was dismissed and mistreated was UNACCEPTABLE. From there, I have seen the same happen to Sarah Palin. I am ON FIRE with indignation, and The New Agenda needs to be a Watch Dog, all right -- a BITCH DOG would say it better. It takes estrogen -- and LOTS OF IT -- to FIGHT BACK! Not just be a "watch dog", ladies. We need to BITE.
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