Look, she’s on CNN tonight in the debates.
What do you call it when a person talks about how strongly they’ve made things work legislatively, despite obstacles that men have put in their way? Wouldn’t that be the Gender card?
What do you call it, when a person complains when media comments on their age, face, hairdo, manner of dress? Gender card, no?
What do you call it when a person gives extra thought to dressing in a way that is careful and thought out, sort of in the Goldilocks mode, not too soft, not too cold, but somehow ‘just right’ according to some formula kept in a safety deposit box at Fort Knox? This seems like Gender card being played.
What do you call it when a person carefully crosses their legs when seated and makes much of rearranging the folds of their clothes so nothing that shouldn’t be seen, isn’t? Seems like Gender card, doesn’t it?
What do you call it when a person puts their fingers delicately to their lips while they’re listening to other debaters? Gender card, right?
What do you call it when a person bats their eyes? Gender card?
What do you call it when a person is interrupted in the debate and smiling sweetly, they say some version of, ‘Come on you guys, I’m speaking.’ Definitely Gender card.
If these are playing the Gender card, then someone ought to tell all the male candidates to just quit it already. We’ve had enough of men playing the Gender card. Honestly. 200 years of men playing the Gender card. Geez. It’s SO over.
CODA
I know, I know, my try at comedy might not be ready for prime time? In my other life I just wanted to make people laugh. I hope you are. At least a little. And if you watch the debates, the batting of eyelids by all candidates goes on fairly consistently. It’s one of the body’s cues, actually, that a person is thinking and formulating. So, batting those baby blues, browns or greens, is actually a sign of lights on, yes, someone really is home in there.