{"id":4174,"date":"2008-11-16T02:31:56","date_gmt":"2008-11-16T07:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/?p=4174"},"modified":"2011-01-10T03:33:48","modified_gmt":"2011-01-10T08:33:48","slug":"the-view-redefines-womens-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2008\/11\/16\/the-view-redefines-womens-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"The View Redefines Women’s Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nPolitics has long been considered a masculine domain.\u00a0 After all, there are issues, and there are “women’s issues.”\u00a0 However, in this election season, The View<\/em> has delved deeply into politics.\u00a0 Reactions to this reveal the assumption that politics are for men.<\/p>\n

First, Bill O’Reilly’s appearance on The View<\/em> can be described as nothing if not sexist.\u00a0 Essentially, his message was “Don’t worry your pretty, little emotional heads about politics, ladies!” The View<\/em> is just “entertainment,” according to O’Reilly,\u00a0because it’s for women.<\/p>\n

[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=F6rR2OwaY1c[\/youtube]<\/p>\n

Second, soon after Joy Behar appeared on Larry King, King asked her “When did ‘The View’ become this?\u00a0 When did it go off-track?”\u00a0 King’s question reveals his assumption that women’s media is for women’s issues, and those are, simply, not real politics (read the transcript here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Ironically (awesomely), after 12 years on the air, this election season marks the first time that The View<\/em> has been the #1 watched daytime show, “…garnering its biggest aud[ience] ever (6.2 million) on Nov. 5, the Wednesday after the election” (source<\/a>).<\/p>\n

So, it turns out, women are interested in politics after all.<\/p>\n

(Thanks to Gwen for help on this post.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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