The tiniest silver lining regarding the Palin charade…
We’ve taught M about gender equality since he was born and watching Palin constantly rehash talking points the other night brought a neat idea to mind. While explaining what we were watching (like we did with the first presidential debate), I realized that to M, it is perfectly normal for men and women to be running for the White House. And it shouldn’t be 24 years until it happens again (since Hillary will undoubtedly run again as soon as she can), so this won’t be overcome by years of all-male tickets.
The idea of gender equality popped into our heads the other day when he corrected Trish. She was talking about driver’s ed, referred to the instructor as he. That prompted M to stop her and say Or it could be a she! We should’ve known that would happen - months ago when we talked about the election process and the presidential candidates, we showed him a picture of the Obamas and … he wasn’t sure whether it was Barack or Michelle that was running. How cool is that?
