Is Gingrich Sexist?

Click here for the article, "Opinion: Does Newt Gingrich have a woman problem? With Michele Bachmann, yes" by Melinda Henneberger
Source: The Washington Post

Michele Bachmann and Newt Gingrich got into a heated argument during the last GOP debate. It all started with a comment from Gingrich saying that Bachmann doesn't have her facts straight. When Bachmann defended herself, Gingrich ignored it and mouthed to the audience "Don't pay any attention; she's a little slow." Bachmann doesn't actually have many facts wrong, Rick Perry has many more inaccurate statements, yet Gingrich didn't pick on him. Is this because Bachmann is a woman? Maybe. I think it is, just like when Rick Lazio attacked Hillary Rodham Clinton. Especially since these are Republicans, they are pretty conservative and they might think the traditional role of a president is played by a man. Henneberger tried to keep this article info-packed and objective, but since she is a woman I feel that she took Bachmann's side. At the same time, the author gives a lot of information to back up why Bachmann shouldn't be invaded like this, so it sounds fair.


This entire "woman problem" of Gingrich's may bring his votes down by taking away many votes cast by females. It doesn't help that he's had three wives. During a mock-caucus in a high school classroom, Gingrich didn't receive any votes from the girls. It's not that intense in actual polls, but his female count is lower than other candidates'. Not only women are noticing this, some men congratulated Bachmann on standing up for herself. They said that when Gingrich “...attacks Michele Bachmann, [he] sort of speaks in a different tone and is far more condescending to Michele Bachmann than he is the men on the stage.’’ I didn't know that Gingrich was so hostile towards Bachmann, and I'll definitely take that into consideration when weighing the pros and cons of each candidate. This may sound mean, but hopefully he'll go down in the polls!