Feminism Demands that as Long as a Person Can Do the Job, It Shouldn't

So it's really not a question of "gender shouldn't matter", because apparently, it does. It doesn't bother me that gender really does matter to them, in fact, I've known that all along. However, feminists often use that as a weapon when gender appears to matter to someone else. Funny, I'm not quite sure how you got that from my post. I said that it's possible to believe that a person who is best qualified should get the job. I didn't think it was necessary to specify that they should get the job whether they were a woman *or* man. How does thinking that the best person should be running the country *regardless* of gender, *not* mean that gender doesn't matter? If you're saying that even after believing that, a feminist can't even entertain the thought that it's promising or cool that a female candidate has a shot, well I think that's unreasonable. And not just for feminists. For human beings. People *get* excited when they see the opportunity for someone of their ilk -be it political, religious, racial, gender, location, you name it, to get a hold that they hadn't before. But, it doesn't mean that where it counts, that they wouldn't want the best person, regardless of who they were. But, you know what? There may very well be some feminists who do think that having a woman in the White House trumps anything. And, there are some who find the idea of Hillary Clinton appalling and can't find anything good about her being a candidate. And, there are some who feel that gender doesn't matter as long as the best person gets the job, and *still* get happy over the possibility of a woman getting a foothold. That last part seems to be where we conflict. You don't seem to feel that a person can hold those two feelings. Either gender matters, or it doesn't. Which is fine, but I did not say gender should matter.

Eek. Sorry, can't edit. I pasted your response on to my comment so I could refer to it as a typed, and forgot to edit it out.

So it's really not a question of "gender shouldn't matter", because apparently, it does. It doesn't bother me that gender really does matter to them, in fact, I've known that all along. However, feminists often use that as a weapon when gender appears to matter to someone else.

Yes, and you seem to be supporting it. It is just as discriminatory to choose someone because she is a woman as is it to reject her because she is one.

True, actual qualifications do seem to take a backseat.

Yeah, it's the goal to get a woman in the Whitehouse, while demanding the rest of us to act like it makes no difference. ;~D

Yeah, it's a wierd world we live in where, if you don't give some people preferential treatment, you're discriminating.