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#Charles Clymer writes for the Huffington Post and PolicyMic. He is also an ardent feminist — and he takes that very seriously:
Feminism saved my life. It freed me. It allowed me to be myself. It liberated me from the idea of what a man "should" be. HeForShe
— #Charles #Clymer (@cmclymer) October 1, 2014
When I say feminism saved my life, I mean that literally. It gave me hope that I wasn't restricted to rigid gender norms for men. HeForShe
— Charles Clymer (@cmclymer) October 1, 2014
Gee, Charles. That’s all very illuminating, but what we&8217;d really like to hear from you is your take on #Secret Service director #Julia Pierson&8217;s resignation. Are you up for that?
Hells yes, he is!
If Julia Pierson is the only one to lose her job over the Secret Service scandal, I&039;m gonna be pissed. This strikes me as a sexist solution.
— Charles Clymer (@cmclymer) October 1, 2014
It is all too common to make woman leaders convenient scapegoats for the failure of an org. I hope that&039;s not the case w/Julia Pierson.
— Charles Clymer (@cmclymer) October 1, 2014
Women are often blamed for their own rapes. It&039;s not a stretch to point out they&039;re also often blamed for the professional failures of men.
— Charles Clymer (@cmclymer) October 1, 2014
Oh, fer cryin&8217; out loud …
@cmclymer What are you talking about? She didn&039;t do her job.
— Josephine (@notmyname02) October 1, 2014
@notmyname02 I&039;m saying that she shouldn&039;t be the only one to lose her job.
— Charles Clymer (@cmclymer) October 1, 2014
Julia Pierson resigning is justified, but my fear is that she is being used to cover up the failures of the men below her. Not okay.
— Charles Clymer (@cmclymer) October 1, 2014
We have seen a long history of women leaders taking the fall for the failures of men. Remember Susan Rice, anyone? Explain that to me.
— Charles Clymer (@cmclymer) October 1, 2014
What&8217;s to explain, exactly? Susan Rice sucked at her job. She didn&8217;t need men to make her look incompetent. She did that all on her own.
I&039;m not asking Julia Pierson not be held responsible, I&039;m asking she be held to the same standard, not a higher one, than her male peers.
— Charles Clymer (@cmclymer) October 1, 2014
Women leaders are consistently held to a higher standard than men. They must be all things to all folks. That&039;s happening here JuliaPierson
— Charles Clymer (@cmclymer) October 1, 2014
So a guy could let people breach the door of the White House but because she&039;s a woman? @cmclymer
— Pol (@PointlessPol) October 1, 2014
@PointlessPol No, she should absolutely be held accountable, but I fear she&039;s the ONLY one that will bear responsibility here.
— Charles Clymer (@cmclymer) October 1, 2014
How wonderful it must be to go through life believing all your accomplishments are solely based on merit and not on having a penis.
— Charles Clymer (@cmclymer) October 1, 2014
Snort! That tweet might be our favorite.
All of TCOT: You need to consider the idea that men, no matter how brilliant/hardworking/talented, benefit from male privilege.
— Charles Clymer (@cmclymer) October 1, 2014
@cmclymer Maybe, but your inference was that JuliaPierson may have been treated differently because she was a woman.
— ArtistUnplugged (@pinkartgurl59) October 1, 2014
@pinkartgurl59 That&039;s exactly what I mean. We expect women leaders to shoulder more of the blame for problems like these. Absolutely.
— Charles Clymer (@cmclymer) October 1, 2014
If we could harness the sheer intensity of intellectual dishonesty of Twitter conservatives, our nation&039;s energy problems would be solved.
— Charles Clymer (@cmclymer) October 1, 2014
Dunno &8230; Clymer&8217;s proven himself to be an amazing source of natural gas.
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Update:
Something tells us that Clymer will be the gift that keeps on giving. For a while, anyway:
‘Impotent girly rage': HuffPo’s Charles Clymer gets his ‘feminist’ wings clipped
‘I’m gonna be pissed’: ‘Feminist’ bro loses it over Julia Pierson resignation was first published to http://agelessspine.com/
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