1992 is known as the Year of the Women in the Senate.

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Read and weep, we no longer have a all man judicial committee, except for of course on the GOP side.

Today we have 23 women Senators , and on 6 in the GOP. A lot has changed from when Clarence was voted in. A lot.
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A Lot Has Changed in Congress Since 1992, the 'Year of the Woman'

The women elected to the United States Senate in 1992, from left: Patty Murray, Carol Moseley Braun, Dianne Feinstein, and Barbara Boxer. Barbara Mikulski, center, was elected in 1986 (Wikimedia Commons).

It was 1992. Bill Clinton had just been elected to the White House, despite election-time allegations of an affair with Gennifer Flowers. Clarence Thomas had just been confirmed as a Supreme Court justice, despite Anita Hill's accusations of sexual harassment.

And despite naysayers, four women had just been elected United States senators.

One of them, Senator Patty Murray, a Democrat, recently reflected on those early years in an Atlantic interview with MSNBC’s Karen Finney. Self-labeled as “the only preschool teacher in the United States Senate,” Murray claims she never wanted to get into national politics, but was moved to run by what she saw as blatant sexism in the Anita Hill hearings. After defeating a Republican opponent who fatefully dismissed her as “a mom in tennis shoes,” Murray joined Barbara Mikulski and Nancy Kassebaum, as well as the newly elected Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein, and Carol Moseley Braun in the Senate.

A Lot Has Changed in Congress Since 1992, the 'Year of the Woman' - The Atlantic
 
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Them Washington Wives, they tried to censor muh rock n roll, I remember that. They're the reason everything has an explicit material sticker on it, they tried to do more, though, but that's all they could get away with, thanks to the 1st Amendment.

Ode to Tipper Gore - Bonus track off a '92 album, incidentally. lol.
 
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Read and weep, we no longer have a all man judicial committee, except for of course on the GOP side.

Today we have 23 women Senators , and on 6 in the GOP. A lot has changed from when Clarence was voted in. A lot.
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A Lot Has Changed in Congress Since 1992, the 'Year of the Woman'

The women elected to the United States Senate in 1992, from left: Patty Murray, Carol Moseley Braun, Dianne Feinstein, and Barbara Boxer. Barbara Mikulski, center, was elected in 1986 (Wikimedia Commons).

It was 1992. Bill Clinton had just been elected to the White House, despite election-time allegations of an affair with Gennifer Flowers. Clarence Thomas had just been confirmed as a Supreme Court justice, despite Anita Hill's accusations of sexual harassment.

And despite naysayers, four women had just been elected United States senators.

One of them, Senator Patty Murray, a Democrat, recently reflected on those early years in an Atlantic interview with MSNBC’s Karen Finney. Self-labeled as “the only preschool teacher in the United States Senate,” Murray claims she never wanted to get into national politics, but was moved to run by what she saw as blatant sexism in the Anita Hill hearings. After defeating a Republican opponent who fatefully dismissed her as “a mom in tennis shoes,” Murray joined Barbara Mikulski and Nancy Kassebaum, as well as the newly elected Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein, and Carol Moseley Braun in the Senate.

A Lot Has Changed in Congress Since 1992, the 'Year of the Woman' - The Atlantic
It was made clear to me by my moral and intellectual superiors that there was no difference between male and female.
 
Read and weep, we no longer have a all man judicial committee, except for of course on the GOP side.

Today we have 23 women Senators , and on 6 in the GOP. A lot has changed from when Clarence was voted in. A lot.
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A Lot Has Changed in Congress Since 1992, the 'Year of the Woman'

The women elected to the United States Senate in 1992, from left: Patty Murray, Carol Moseley Braun, Dianne Feinstein, and Barbara Boxer. Barbara Mikulski, center, was elected in 1986 (Wikimedia Commons).

It was 1992. Bill Clinton had just been elected to the White House, despite election-time allegations of an affair with Gennifer Flowers. Clarence Thomas had just been confirmed as a Supreme Court justice, despite Anita Hill's accusations of sexual harassment.

And despite naysayers, four women had just been elected United States senators.

One of them, Senator Patty Murray, a Democrat, recently reflected on those early years in an Atlantic interview with MSNBC’s Karen Finney. Self-labeled as “the only preschool teacher in the United States Senate,” Murray claims she never wanted to get into national politics, but was moved to run by what she saw as blatant sexism in the Anita Hill hearings. After defeating a Republican opponent who fatefully dismissed her as “a mom in tennis shoes,” Murray joined Barbara Mikulski and Nancy Kassebaum, as well as the newly elected Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein, and Carol Moseley Braun in the Senate.

A Lot Has Changed in Congress Since 1992, the 'Year of the Woman' - The Atlantic
It was made clear to me by my moral and intellectual superiors that there was no difference between male and female.


That's true, my moral overlords told me that my gender is now selective. I could very well put on a dress and claim "I'm a woman", and be eligible for all the same considerations any other woman gets. Even abortions and birth control according to the ACA, if I'm not mistaken.
 
Read and weep, we no longer have a all man judicial committee, except for of course on the GOP side.

Today we have 23 women Senators , and on 6 in the GOP. A lot has changed from when Clarence was voted in. A lot.
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A Lot Has Changed in Congress Since 1992, the 'Year of the Woman'

The women elected to the United States Senate in 1992, from left: Patty Murray, Carol Moseley Braun, Dianne Feinstein, and Barbara Boxer. Barbara Mikulski, center, was elected in 1986 (Wikimedia Commons).

It was 1992. Bill Clinton had just been elected to the White House, despite election-time allegations of an affair with Gennifer Flowers. Clarence Thomas had just been confirmed as a Supreme Court justice, despite Anita Hill's accusations of sexual harassment.

And despite naysayers, four women had just been elected United States senators.

One of them, Senator Patty Murray, a Democrat, recently reflected on those early years in an Atlantic interview with MSNBC’s Karen Finney. Self-labeled as “the only preschool teacher in the United States Senate,” Murray claims she never wanted to get into national politics, but was moved to run by what she saw as blatant sexism in the Anita Hill hearings. After defeating a Republican opponent who fatefully dismissed her as “a mom in tennis shoes,” Murray joined Barbara Mikulski and Nancy Kassebaum, as well as the newly elected Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein, and Carol Moseley Braun in the Senate.

A Lot Has Changed in Congress Since 1992, the 'Year of the Woman' - The Atlantic



What "naysayers"?


I remember 1992 pretty well. I don't recall anyone saying that women could not win elections.
 
THe GOP should have some of it's older members identify as women. And black.


Thus the dems can stop whining about the lack of diversity on our side.
 
Read and weep, we no longer have a all man judicial committee, except for of course on the GOP side.

Today we have 23 women Senators , and on 6 in the GOP. A lot has changed from when Clarence was voted in. A lot.
------------------------------------------

A Lot Has Changed in Congress Since 1992, the 'Year of the Woman'

The women elected to the United States Senate in 1992, from left: Patty Murray, Carol Moseley Braun, Dianne Feinstein, and Barbara Boxer. Barbara Mikulski, center, was elected in 1986 (Wikimedia Commons).

It was 1992. Bill Clinton had just been elected to the White House, despite election-time allegations of an affair with Gennifer Flowers. Clarence Thomas had just been confirmed as a Supreme Court justice, despite Anita Hill's accusations of sexual harassment.

And despite naysayers, four women had just been elected United States senators.

One of them, Senator Patty Murray, a Democrat, recently reflected on those early years in an Atlantic interview with MSNBC’s Karen Finney. Self-labeled as “the only preschool teacher in the United States Senate,” Murray claims she never wanted to get into national politics, but was moved to run by what she saw as blatant sexism in the Anita Hill hearings. After defeating a Republican opponent who fatefully dismissed her as “a mom in tennis shoes,” Murray joined Barbara Mikulski and Nancy Kassebaum, as well as the newly elected Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein, and Carol Moseley Braun in the Senate.

A Lot Has Changed in Congress Since 1992, the 'Year of the Woman' - The Atlantic



What "naysayers"?


I remember 1992 pretty well. I don't recall anyone saying that women could not win elections.

In 1991 one was in the GOP and one in the Democrat, and neither of them were on the judicial committee, which was composed of all white men. That is why it was the Year of the Women, some of the questions the men asked were downright noxious.
 
Read and weep, we no longer have a all man judicial committee, except for of course on the GOP side.

Today we have 23 women Senators , and on 6 in the GOP. A lot has changed from when Clarence was voted in. A lot.
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A Lot Has Changed in Congress Since 1992, the 'Year of the Woman'

The women elected to the United States Senate in 1992, from left: Patty Murray, Carol Moseley Braun, Dianne Feinstein, and Barbara Boxer. Barbara Mikulski, center, was elected in 1986 (Wikimedia Commons).

It was 1992. Bill Clinton had just been elected to the White House, despite election-time allegations of an affair with Gennifer Flowers. Clarence Thomas had just been confirmed as a Supreme Court justice, despite Anita Hill's accusations of sexual harassment.

And despite naysayers, four women had just been elected United States senators.

One of them, Senator Patty Murray, a Democrat, recently reflected on those early years in an Atlantic interview with MSNBC’s Karen Finney. Self-labeled as “the only preschool teacher in the United States Senate,” Murray claims she never wanted to get into national politics, but was moved to run by what she saw as blatant sexism in the Anita Hill hearings. After defeating a Republican opponent who fatefully dismissed her as “a mom in tennis shoes,” Murray joined Barbara Mikulski and Nancy Kassebaum, as well as the newly elected Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein, and Carol Moseley Braun in the Senate.

A Lot Has Changed in Congress Since 1992, the 'Year of the Woman' - The Atlantic



What "naysayers"?


I remember 1992 pretty well. I don't recall anyone saying that women could not win elections.

In 1991 one was in the GOP and one in the Democrat, and neither of them were on the judicial committee, which was composed of all white men.



And who were the naysayers that said that women could not do it?


And what does it matter? Are you claiming that men cannot represent women voters in the legislature?
 
Read and weep, we no longer have a all man judicial committee, except for of course on the GOP side.

Today we have 23 women Senators , and on 6 in the GOP. A lot has changed from when Clarence was voted in. A lot.
------------------------------------------

A Lot Has Changed in Congress Since 1992, the 'Year of the Woman'

The women elected to the United States Senate in 1992, from left: Patty Murray, Carol Moseley Braun, Dianne Feinstein, and Barbara Boxer. Barbara Mikulski, center, was elected in 1986 (Wikimedia Commons).

It was 1992. Bill Clinton had just been elected to the White House, despite election-time allegations of an affair with Gennifer Flowers. Clarence Thomas had just been confirmed as a Supreme Court justice, despite Anita Hill's accusations of sexual harassment.

And despite naysayers, four women had just been elected United States senators.

One of them, Senator Patty Murray, a Democrat, recently reflected on those early years in an Atlantic interview with MSNBC’s Karen Finney. Self-labeled as “the only preschool teacher in the United States Senate,” Murray claims she never wanted to get into national politics, but was moved to run by what she saw as blatant sexism in the Anita Hill hearings. After defeating a Republican opponent who fatefully dismissed her as “a mom in tennis shoes,” Murray joined Barbara Mikulski and Nancy Kassebaum, as well as the newly elected Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein, and Carol Moseley Braun in the Senate.

A Lot Has Changed in Congress Since 1992, the 'Year of the Woman' - The Atlantic
It was made clear to me by my moral and intellectual superiors that there was no difference between male and female.

Really , women are much stronger emotionally.
 
Read and weep, we no longer have a all man judicial committee, except for of course on the GOP side.

Today we have 23 women Senators , and on 6 in the GOP. A lot has changed from when Clarence was voted in. A lot.
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A Lot Has Changed in Congress Since 1992, the 'Year of the Woman'

The women elected to the United States Senate in 1992, from left: Patty Murray, Carol Moseley Braun, Dianne Feinstein, and Barbara Boxer. Barbara Mikulski, center, was elected in 1986 (Wikimedia Commons).

It was 1992. Bill Clinton had just been elected to the White House, despite election-time allegations of an affair with Gennifer Flowers. Clarence Thomas had just been confirmed as a Supreme Court justice, despite Anita Hill's accusations of sexual harassment.

And despite naysayers, four women had just been elected United States senators.

One of them, Senator Patty Murray, a Democrat, recently reflected on those early years in an Atlantic interview with MSNBC’s Karen Finney. Self-labeled as “the only preschool teacher in the United States Senate,” Murray claims she never wanted to get into national politics, but was moved to run by what she saw as blatant sexism in the Anita Hill hearings. After defeating a Republican opponent who fatefully dismissed her as “a mom in tennis shoes,” Murray joined Barbara Mikulski and Nancy Kassebaum, as well as the newly elected Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein, and Carol Moseley Braun in the Senate.

A Lot Has Changed in Congress Since 1992, the 'Year of the Woman' - The Atlantic

Democrats. Maxine Waters being indicative of overall quality, I shall say no more.
 
Read and weep, we no longer have a all man judicial committee, except for of course on the GOP side.

Today we have 23 women Senators , and on 6 in the GOP. A lot has changed from when Clarence was voted in. A lot.
------------------------------------------

A Lot Has Changed in Congress Since 1992, the 'Year of the Woman'

The women elected to the United States Senate in 1992, from left: Patty Murray, Carol Moseley Braun, Dianne Feinstein, and Barbara Boxer. Barbara Mikulski, center, was elected in 1986 (Wikimedia Commons).

It was 1992. Bill Clinton had just been elected to the White House, despite election-time allegations of an affair with Gennifer Flowers. Clarence Thomas had just been confirmed as a Supreme Court justice, despite Anita Hill's accusations of sexual harassment.

And despite naysayers, four women had just been elected United States senators.

One of them, Senator Patty Murray, a Democrat, recently reflected on those early years in an Atlantic interview with MSNBC’s Karen Finney. Self-labeled as “the only preschool teacher in the United States Senate,” Murray claims she never wanted to get into national politics, but was moved to run by what she saw as blatant sexism in the Anita Hill hearings. After defeating a Republican opponent who fatefully dismissed her as “a mom in tennis shoes,” Murray joined Barbara Mikulski and Nancy Kassebaum, as well as the newly elected Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein, and Carol Moseley Braun in the Senate.

A Lot Has Changed in Congress Since 1992, the 'Year of the Woman' - The Atlantic
It was made clear to me by my moral and intellectual superiors that there was no difference between male and female.

Really , women are much stronger emotionally.

So that's why women were sent off to serve in combat against the Nazis and imperialist Japanese in WW2?

Oh wait....they weren't. They sent men to do that. Men who weren't subject to raging fluctuating hormones.
 
Read and weep, we no longer have a all man judicial committee, except for of course on the GOP side.

Today we have 23 women Senators , and on 6 in the GOP. A lot has changed from when Clarence was voted in. A lot.
------------------------------------------

A Lot Has Changed in Congress Since 1992, the 'Year of the Woman'

The women elected to the United States Senate in 1992, from left: Patty Murray, Carol Moseley Braun, Dianne Feinstein, and Barbara Boxer. Barbara Mikulski, center, was elected in 1986 (Wikimedia Commons).

It was 1992. Bill Clinton had just been elected to the White House, despite election-time allegations of an affair with Gennifer Flowers. Clarence Thomas had just been confirmed as a Supreme Court justice, despite Anita Hill's accusations of sexual harassment.

And despite naysayers, four women had just been elected United States senators.

One of them, Senator Patty Murray, a Democrat, recently reflected on those early years in an Atlantic interview with MSNBC’s Karen Finney. Self-labeled as “the only preschool teacher in the United States Senate,” Murray claims she never wanted to get into national politics, but was moved to run by what she saw as blatant sexism in the Anita Hill hearings. After defeating a Republican opponent who fatefully dismissed her as “a mom in tennis shoes,” Murray joined Barbara Mikulski and Nancy Kassebaum, as well as the newly elected Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein, and Carol Moseley Braun in the Senate.

A Lot Has Changed in Congress Since 1992, the 'Year of the Woman' - The Atlantic
It was made clear to me by my moral and intellectual superiors that there was no difference between male and female.

Really , women are much stronger emotionally.

So that's why women were sent off to serve in combat against the Nazis and imperialist Japanese in WW2?

Oh wait....they weren't. They sent men to do that. Men who weren't subject to raging fluctuating hormones.

The women raised their kids and worked in the factories, that is what they did and many became widows. They didn't allow women to war, like now days. You are also confusing physical strength and emotional strength up.
 
Read and weep, we no longer have a all man judicial committee, except for of course on the GOP side.

Today we have 23 women Senators , and on 6 in the GOP. A lot has changed from when Clarence was voted in. A lot.
------------------------------------------

A Lot Has Changed in Congress Since 1992, the 'Year of the Woman'

The women elected to the United States Senate in 1992, from left: Patty Murray, Carol Moseley Braun, Dianne Feinstein, and Barbara Boxer. Barbara Mikulski, center, was elected in 1986 (Wikimedia Commons).

It was 1992. Bill Clinton had just been elected to the White House, despite election-time allegations of an affair with Gennifer Flowers. Clarence Thomas had just been confirmed as a Supreme Court justice, despite Anita Hill's accusations of sexual harassment.

And despite naysayers, four women had just been elected United States senators.

One of them, Senator Patty Murray, a Democrat, recently reflected on those early years in an Atlantic interview with MSNBC’s Karen Finney. Self-labeled as “the only preschool teacher in the United States Senate,” Murray claims she never wanted to get into national politics, but was moved to run by what she saw as blatant sexism in the Anita Hill hearings. After defeating a Republican opponent who fatefully dismissed her as “a mom in tennis shoes,” Murray joined Barbara Mikulski and Nancy Kassebaum, as well as the newly elected Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein, and Carol Moseley Braun in the Senate.

A Lot Has Changed in Congress Since 1992, the 'Year of the Woman' - The Atlantic
It was made clear to me by my moral and intellectual superiors that there was no difference between male and female.

Really , women are much stronger emotionally.

So that's why women were sent off to serve in combat against the Nazis and imperialist Japanese in WW2?

Oh wait....they weren't. They sent men to do that. Men who weren't subject to raging fluctuating hormones.

The women raised their kids and worked in the factories, that is what they did and many became widows. They didn't allow women to war, like now days. You are also confusing physical strength and emotional strength up.

Really? This "ground-breaking" woman couldn't seem to keep her britches on. Is this some of that "emotional strength" you're talking about?

Pioneering Female Infantry Marine Kicked Out Of The Corps For Fraternization
 
Read and weep, we no longer have a all man judicial committee, except for of course on the GOP side.

Today we have 23 women Senators , and on 6 in the GOP. A lot has changed from when Clarence was voted in. A lot.
------------------------------------------

A Lot Has Changed in Congress Since 1992, the 'Year of the Woman'

The women elected to the United States Senate in 1992, from left: Patty Murray, Carol Moseley Braun, Dianne Feinstein, and Barbara Boxer. Barbara Mikulski, center, was elected in 1986 (Wikimedia Commons).

It was 1992. Bill Clinton had just been elected to the White House, despite election-time allegations of an affair with Gennifer Flowers. Clarence Thomas had just been confirmed as a Supreme Court justice, despite Anita Hill's accusations of sexual harassment.

And despite naysayers, four women had just been elected United States senators.

One of them, Senator Patty Murray, a Democrat, recently reflected on those early years in an Atlantic interview with MSNBC’s Karen Finney. Self-labeled as “the only preschool teacher in the United States Senate,” Murray claims she never wanted to get into national politics, but was moved to run by what she saw as blatant sexism in the Anita Hill hearings. After defeating a Republican opponent who fatefully dismissed her as “a mom in tennis shoes,” Murray joined Barbara Mikulski and Nancy Kassebaum, as well as the newly elected Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein, and Carol Moseley Braun in the Senate.

A Lot Has Changed in Congress Since 1992, the 'Year of the Woman' - The Atlantic
It was made clear to me by my moral and intellectual superiors that there was no difference between male and female.


That's true, my moral overlords told me that my gender is now selective. I could very well put on a dress and claim "I'm a woman", and be eligible for all the same considerations any other woman gets. Even abortions and birth control according to the ACA, if I'm not mistaken.
Yep. I declare I’m a female and it’s game over.
 
Read and weep, we no longer have a all man judicial committee, except for of course on the GOP side.

Today we have 23 women Senators , and on 6 in the GOP. A lot has changed from when Clarence was voted in. A lot.
------------------------------------------

A Lot Has Changed in Congress Since 1992, the 'Year of the Woman'

The women elected to the United States Senate in 1992, from left: Patty Murray, Carol Moseley Braun, Dianne Feinstein, and Barbara Boxer. Barbara Mikulski, center, was elected in 1986 (Wikimedia Commons).

It was 1992. Bill Clinton had just been elected to the White House, despite election-time allegations of an affair with Gennifer Flowers. Clarence Thomas had just been confirmed as a Supreme Court justice, despite Anita Hill's accusations of sexual harassment.

And despite naysayers, four women had just been elected United States senators.

One of them, Senator Patty Murray, a Democrat, recently reflected on those early years in an Atlantic interview with MSNBC’s Karen Finney. Self-labeled as “the only preschool teacher in the United States Senate,” Murray claims she never wanted to get into national politics, but was moved to run by what she saw as blatant sexism in the Anita Hill hearings. After defeating a Republican opponent who fatefully dismissed her as “a mom in tennis shoes,” Murray joined Barbara Mikulski and Nancy Kassebaum, as well as the newly elected Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein, and Carol Moseley Braun in the Senate.

A Lot Has Changed in Congress Since 1992, the 'Year of the Woman' - The Atlantic
It was made clear to me by my moral and intellectual superiors that there was no difference between male and female.

Really , women are much stronger emotionally.

So that's why women were sent off to serve in combat against the Nazis and imperialist Japanese in WW2?

Oh wait....they weren't. They sent men to do that. Men who weren't subject to raging fluctuating hormones.

The women raised their kids and worked in the factories, that is what they did and many became widows. They didn't allow women to war, like now days. You are also confusing physical strength and emotional strength up.

Really? This "ground-breaking" woman couldn't seem to keep her britches on. Is this some of that "emotional strength" you're talking about?

Pioneering Female Infantry Marine Kicked Out Of The Corps For Fraternization

I didn't read your garbage , how many chickens got a bone spur, I bet a lot of them.
 
Read and weep, we no longer have a all man judicial committee, except for of course on the GOP side.

Today we have 23 women Senators , and on 6 in the GOP. A lot has changed from when Clarence was voted in. A lot.
------------------------------------------

A Lot Has Changed in Congress Since 1992, the 'Year of the Woman'

The women elected to the United States Senate in 1992, from left: Patty Murray, Carol Moseley Braun, Dianne Feinstein, and Barbara Boxer. Barbara Mikulski, center, was elected in 1986 (Wikimedia Commons).

It was 1992. Bill Clinton had just been elected to the White House, despite election-time allegations of an affair with Gennifer Flowers. Clarence Thomas had just been confirmed as a Supreme Court justice, despite Anita Hill's accusations of sexual harassment.

And despite naysayers, four women had just been elected United States senators.

One of them, Senator Patty Murray, a Democrat, recently reflected on those early years in an Atlantic interview with MSNBC’s Karen Finney. Self-labeled as “the only preschool teacher in the United States Senate,” Murray claims she never wanted to get into national politics, but was moved to run by what she saw as blatant sexism in the Anita Hill hearings. After defeating a Republican opponent who fatefully dismissed her as “a mom in tennis shoes,” Murray joined Barbara Mikulski and Nancy Kassebaum, as well as the newly elected Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein, and Carol Moseley Braun in the Senate.

A Lot Has Changed in Congress Since 1992, the 'Year of the Woman' - The Atlantic
It was made clear to me by my moral and intellectual superiors that there was no difference between male and female.

Really , women are much stronger emotionally.

Than why do they cry so much?
 
Read and weep, we no longer have a all man judicial committee, except for of course on the GOP side.

Today we have 23 women Senators , and on 6 in the GOP. A lot has changed from when Clarence was voted in. A lot.
------------------------------------------

A Lot Has Changed in Congress Since 1992, the 'Year of the Woman'

The women elected to the United States Senate in 1992, from left: Patty Murray, Carol Moseley Braun, Dianne Feinstein, and Barbara Boxer. Barbara Mikulski, center, was elected in 1986 (Wikimedia Commons).

It was 1992. Bill Clinton had just been elected to the White House, despite election-time allegations of an affair with Gennifer Flowers. Clarence Thomas had just been confirmed as a Supreme Court justice, despite Anita Hill's accusations of sexual harassment.

And despite naysayers, four women had just been elected United States senators.

One of them, Senator Patty Murray, a Democrat, recently reflected on those early years in an Atlantic interview with MSNBC’s Karen Finney. Self-labeled as “the only preschool teacher in the United States Senate,” Murray claims she never wanted to get into national politics, but was moved to run by what she saw as blatant sexism in the Anita Hill hearings. After defeating a Republican opponent who fatefully dismissed her as “a mom in tennis shoes,” Murray joined Barbara Mikulski and Nancy Kassebaum, as well as the newly elected Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein, and Carol Moseley Braun in the Senate.

A Lot Has Changed in Congress Since 1992, the 'Year of the Woman' - The Atlantic
Where is the diversity you so demand? Not one is an R.

...and DiFi should be in prison, where she belongs. The others too, likely.
 

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