HuffPo Style Sexism, Take 182
In a HuffPo Style piece published today, readers learned that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attended Kennedy Center Honors Sunday night, “the highest honor our country gives to artists and culture-makers.” You’re probably obsessively wondering, but what was Hillary wearing?!
Also in attendance was Hillary Clinton, who the AP reports flew home for 36 hours between visits to Myanmar and Germany to celebrate the honorees over the weekend. Clinton showed no signs of jet lag, though, as she greeted honorees in a pale blue and gold dress with matching bolero jacket.
Not enough Hillary wardrobe talk? Don’t worry! HuffPo Style also has a piece focusing solely on what Clinton wore during her visit to Myanmar.
She greeted leaders while wearing head-to-toe blue, clad in a boxy pantsuit. Everything matched, down to her robin's-egg-colored necklace and earrings. And there were no scrunchies or barrettes in sight, as Clinton kept her hair loose.
Great! But all of this fashion analysis can be exhaustingly positive. Too flattering. Cue the HuffPo piece on Michele Bachman published yesterday.
We've written before about the GOP candidate's issues with maquillage, the main one being that she wears too much of it….when we took a look at the zoomed-in pics, we ceased to be distracted by the rather unbecoming skirt-and-flats pairing (which never flattered anyone's legs) but rather the lines on Bachmann's face.
Sexist portrayals of female candidates and politicians, flattering or unflattering, damage the credibility of female leaders. Whether the focus is Hillary Clinton’s hair accessory or Michele Bachmann’s “facial lines,” valuing physical characteristics over opinion and action is sexist and unacceptable. HuffPo Style should know this by now.
Published by support on 12/05/2011