I rarely convey how much chauvinism and sexism still go on in politics today because, quite frankly, I am embarrassed by it. I do not have the heart to tell a classroom full of girls that the same attitudes and animosity they encounter on the playground persist to our highest levels of government.
Gretchen Whitmer, Democratic Leader, Michigan State Senate, via the wonderful activist and peerless Michigander, Heather Laverty
Source: freep.com
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