Abstract
In summer, 2016, feminist scholars in the USA celebrated, as Hillary Clinton became the first woman selected by a major political party (Democratic), to run for president of the USA. They also watched in horror as members of the Republican party chanted at their summer convention “Lock her up!” Everyone agreed that Clinton was highly qualified with thirty plus years of experience working on behalf of women and children in the USA. Concerns expressed were about her trustworthiness. Clinton’s platform was one of unity and inclusion, while the Republican party and their candidate Trump’s platform was one of fear and hate for “others” (non-white Americans). It was depressing during the fall campaign to realize the only reason a woman might be elected president was because the person she was running against was so corrupt and inexperienced, racist, and clearly misogynist. November 9, 2016 brought the USA, and the world, the shock and horror of learning that Hillary Clinton lost the presidential election to Donald Trump, even though she won the popular vote by close to three million more votes. I plan to consider this election as a current example of the horizontal violence that (white) women perpetrate on each other. Through this example, I will offer an extension of my earlier work analyzing the treatment of women faculty in higher education by other women. It seems clear that women still struggle with efforts to befriend rather than perpetrate horizontal violence on each other.
Highlights
as Hillary Clinton became the first woman selected by a major political party
They also watched in horror as members
of the Republican party chanted at their summer convention
Summary
2016, many feminist scholars in the USA celebrated, as Hillary Clinton (HC) became the first woman selected by a major political party (Democratic), to run for president. Clinton’s platform was one of unity and inclusion while the Republican nominee’s platform was one of fear and hate for “others” (non-white, non-Judeo-Christian Americans) It was depressing during the fall campaign to realize the only reason a woman might be elected president in the USA was because the person she was running against was corrupt, inexperienced, racist, and clearly misogynist. It seems clear that white women still struggle with efforts to befriend rather than perpetrate horizontal violence on each other since 53% of white women (45% of whom have college degrees) voted for Donald Trump instead of Hillary Clinton (CNN exit poll)[2]. Donald Trump has been married and divorced twice, is married for the third time to a highly successful fashion model originally from Slovenia, Melania Trump He has been accused of rape, and sexual harassment, and has called women “pigs”, and yet white women were still willing to vote for him. If we turn to looking at the hidden curriculum little (white) girls learn in school, maybe that will help us better understand their vulnerability to being influenced against each other
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