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
— Charlotte 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
— Charlotte Clymer ?️? (@cmclymer) October 1, 2014
Gee, Charles. That’s all very illuminating, but what we’d really like to hear from you is your take on Secret Service director Julia Pierson’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'm gonna be pissed. This strikes me as a sexist solution.
— Charlotte 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's not the case w/Julia Pierson.
— Charlotte Clymer ?️? (@cmclymer) October 1, 2014
Women are often blamed for their own rapes. It's not a stretch to point out they're also often blamed for the professional failures of men.
— Charlotte Clymer ?️? (@cmclymer) October 1, 2014
Oh, fer cryin’ out loud …
@cmclymer What are you talking about? She didn't do her job.
— Josephine (@notmyname02) October 1, 2014
@notmyname02 I'm saying that she shouldn't be the only one to lose her job.
— Charlotte 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.
— Charlotte 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.
— Charlotte Clymer ?️? (@cmclymer) October 1, 2014
What’s to explain, exactly? Susan Rice sucked at her job. She didn’t need men to make her look incompetent. She did that all on her own.
I'm not asking Julia Pierson not be held responsible, I'm asking she be held to the same standard, not a higher one, than her male peers.
— Charlotte 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's happening here #JuliaPierson
— Charlotte Clymer ?️? (@cmclymer) October 1, 2014
So a guy could let people breach the door of the White House but because she's a woman? @cmclymer
— 4th-Party Pol (@PointlessPol) October 1, 2014
@PointlessPol No, she should absolutely be held accountable, but I fear she's the ONLY one that will bear responsibility here.
— Charlotte 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.
— Charlotte 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.
— Charlotte 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's exactly what I mean. We expect women leaders to shoulder more of the blame for problems like these. Absolutely.
— Charlotte Clymer ?️? (@cmclymer) October 1, 2014
If we could harness the sheer intensity of intellectual dishonesty of Twitter conservatives, our nation's energy problems would be solved.
— Charlotte Clymer ?️? (@cmclymer) October 1, 2014
Dunno … Clymer’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
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