Joe S said this morning that when he ran for office the first time his opponent was a man and it was ok for both of them to make fun of one another, to take shots at one another, to be mean and sarcastic to one another. The next time he ran against a woman and he wasn't able to do that. Political correctness had set in.
Can I suggest that the change between the two elections represents a step forward rather than something to be lamented?
Isn't it good that something has happened to increase civility in political campaigns?
The first year I worked in the state legislature I remember a briefing for new comers in the lobby corps that included the re-assurance that one did not have to give members sexual favors in return for support on legislation.
I wondered about that. Why did someone think it appropriate to say something like that?
Why?
Because, I now know, there was a lot of "grab ass" of various kinds going on in the legislature before I got there and that there was a change going on.
What caused the change?
The increased number of women who were members of the legislature.
Gee, was that a bad thing? The boys could not cut up and engage in horse-play like they used to.
I suppose that some of those good old boys lamented the passing of the times of whiskey bottles in the bottom drawyers and sexually harassing pretty young aids.
But I am not going to suppose that it would be great to go back to that way of operating, or that women should put up with that kind of nonsense going on around them.
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