Tag: women’s roles

Warren to the Rescue?

On Monday, at Saint Anslem College, Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren held a rally together. Warren is the Senator for Massachusetts. Clinton decided to team up with her because of her strength to stand up to Wall Street, as well as Trump. This paring is ironic because in the beginning of the election they were competing with one another. What brought them together was their fear of Trump taking over the White House. Now the both of them are going to do whatever it takes to keep him out.

Warren used the deplorable remarks Trump has previously said in the past to get the crowd going. At the rally she stated ; “Get this, Donald: Nasty women are tough, nasty women are smart and nasty women vote, we are gonna march our nasty feet to cast our nasty votes, to get you out of our lives forever.” She is standing up for the women across the United States who were depicted by these remarks.

As you can see Warren has used an alliteration and repetition of the word “nasty” to form her speech. She is using a challenger strategy, by attacking previous things Trump has said. Just like Freud said, emotion is driven by people’s values, fear, and wishes. In this case for Warren, she is afraid of Trump taking office, as are so many other Americans. Warren is a very influential women figure in the political field, and can help Clinton win the women over in the last stretch of the election. Just like the core Clinton objectives in the debate, Warren attacked Trumps record. She was able to turn something “nasty” into a positive message.

Warren also stated; “I am the daughter of a maintenance man who ended up a U.S. senator. Hillary Clinton is the granddaughter of a factory worker and she is going to be elected President.” Here she is directing her speech towards families who have lower level incomes. She is using ethos to hinder on peoples emotions and values in order to connect with them. She is also lamenting the present and celebrating the future by saying that Hillary is already president.

With all of this being said, by bringing in Warren, I believe this will help Clinton win the election. However, on the other hand this could end up with people looking at the new political relationship between the two as fake. They could look at their past relationship and see right through it. Warren has said that she is on the same page with Clinton now, as well as after the election. However, she could end up turning her back on her.

Hillary Clinton: an Attempt to Shatter Highest Glass Ceiling

There are those who believe Hillary Clinton is unfit for the office of the presidency because they believe she put the United States’ national security at risk by using an insecure email server. There are those who believe Hillary Clinton is unfit for the office of the presidency because they believe she has been bought and paid for by corporate donors and that she does not empathize with the plight of the average citizen. And then there are those who believe Hillary Clinton is unfit for the office of the presidency because she’s a woman.

That’s right, the president of the United States can’t represent our national interests if they have two x chromosomes, get out of here with that nonsense!

As we continue our plunge into the 21st century, there still remains that highest glass ceiling for a woman in America: Holding the office of the presidency of the United States. This glass ceiling, seemingly unbreakable, is held together by the sheer force of modern history and traditional views of gender roles. This is the glass ceiling that Hillary Clinton will attempt to shatter on November 8th.

For full disclosure to the reader, I do not support Hillary Clinton for president and I will not be voting for her. But even as a non-supporter I can appreciate what she is doing in this historic run for the White House. Women were not considered full citizens in the eyes of the U.S. Government as late as 1919. Women have been discouraged from seeking leadership roles for a large chunk of our collective history. Just yesterday, Rudy Giuliani, claimed his candidate for President would be better for America “than a woman”.

Hillary Clinton must confront all of these realities and so much more in her effort to become the first female president in the history of the United States. And while we can debate all day long whether or not her policies would be the best for our nation, the truth is that if Hillary Clinton wins it will be a symbolic victory for women across the country and the world. Finally, someone will have shattered the highest glass ceiling.