Earlier this week, the ongoing feud between Trump and Clinton accelerated yet again, this time over the “women's card.” After the most recent Super Tuesday, showing that both Trump and Clinton will very likely receive their respective party’s nominations, Trump publicly stated: "She has got nothing else going. Frankly, if Hillary Clinton were a man, I don't think she would get 5% of the vote. And the beautiful thing is, women don't like her." This was a part of Trump’s elaboration on Clinton playing what he referred to as the “women’s card.” Since Tuesday, the media has replayed and analyzed this statement extensively, cultivating the minds of viewers and readers into actually believing this patriarchal, inaccurate, and offensive statement by Trump.
By claiming there is such a thing as a “women’s card,” Trump is using his male privilege to undermine gender equality, let alone female empowerment. Additionally, he is simultaneously cultivating his viewers into thinking that “women don’t like” Clinton, when in fact, Tuesday’s polling showed that Clinton received 68% of female democratic voters. However, by stating this lie on national television, Trump aimed to undermine his opponent through female subordination in a means that less educated viewers would believe into thinking accurate. The media has the ability to overrun stories, which frequently turns the public into believing them. Trump is using his high presence in the media to his advantage, as he aims to convince America his statements could in fact be true, when of course, many are not. Using phrases like “women’s card” is not only inaccurate, it is also assuming that women cannot exhibit the same powerful, motivating leadership that a man could, creating an even larger gender gap in American politics and society.
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