Not a Man 2020: There's no shame in wanting a woman to be president by Jessica Valenti

[Squinch]

1. I appreciate her saying this, but to me it is so self-evident that, deep down, I'm just pissed that

it needs to be said.

I took no end of grief for saying that if the Democratic primary comes down to a man and a woman, I will vote for the woman.

There was a lot of self-righteous "I vote based on policies!" or "I can only say that I would vote for a woman with all else being equal!"

Well, all else is NEVER going to be exactly equal. But, within the Democratic primary options, neither is "all else" going to be so glaringly different that it will overcome my demand to be represented for the first time in 250 years. And I vote based on policies too. But I see no advantage of, say, Joe over Kamala or Liz in terms of policy.

We've waited 250 years. It's time. Surely that is too obvious to need explaining.