Joe Schmoe
Is anyone else bothered by this constant use of "Joe" as the default voter in the McCain/Palin campaign? I watch CNBC at work and I just overheard a pundit refer to "Joe the Investor" add this to "Joe the plumber" and "Joe sixpack". What about Jane? The dependence on male as the default gender by the campaign is blatant and makes me want to vomit a little. It is painful to see an obviously bright female playing by the same old patriarchal male rules in order to get ahead. Does anyone know if Ariel Levy has written anything about Sarah Palin's presence on the ticket?
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Well, I've heard Jane the Teacher and Jane the Nurse, but I dunno if that's a good thing...
And now they're talking about "Walmart women" as a distinct voter demographic. One of the CNN pundits said that the Walmart woman is the rough equivalent of Joe the plumber. Because, as usual, men are defined by their work, while women are defined by where they shop. Puke.
But I wish they hadn't said 'refused to artificially inseminate a lesbian undergoing fertility treatment' but instead used the wording 'inseminate a WOMAN under going fertility treatment, because of her sexuality' or, 'a lesbian woman undergoing etc.'. It's like if they were discriminating against her because she came from latin america, or if she were a muslim, hopefully it wouldn't read 'refused to inseminate a muslim/latina' instead of 'muslim woman/latina woman' or simply 'woman'. I always tend to take issue with the way articles bedroom furniture about women's rights are worded, because they so often use wording that disrespects women as individuals.