Women's Anger still Equals Inequality

If you are not being heard, you are not angry enough.

Senator Amy Klobucher is now facing backlash after her former staff members open up about her abusive attitude towards her staff

by Tonieann Harvey  

Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar recently announced her presidential 2020 candidacy. Her announcement may have came during the midst of a snowstorm, but a raging firestorm of allegations was heading her way. 

In a recent article on Huffington Post it goes into details on the allegations against the senator and the mixed reviews from former and present staff about how they are treated. Despite seeming like a nice candidate for the job, her staff paints her in a different light. Huffington Post depicts her as a "difficult" and "demeaning" boss, because of the allegations from anonymous former staff. Klobuchar has since responded to these accusations explaining that her expectations are high for people who work for her and being a strategic candidate she uses the momentum to address that her hopes for the country is much higher.

Now the question that remains is that if Klobuchar's mistreatment of her staff is wrong shouldn't she be subjected to the same criticism as a male candidate would. Instead the news outlets are being sarcastic in saying that it is feminism and it will deflate the issue which to me seems sexist. If a male candidate was suppose to have allegations about misconduct the story would have been less emphasized. Since us women, want the same equality as men, our actions shouldn't be taken out of a different context from when a men does it. However her being a woman shouldn't be a reason for the story to be emphasized either.

This should not be a social norm for a male or female candidate to mistreatment their staff. Woman who tend to have a high profile and seeking leadership positions tend to not be given the same treatment when anger is involved, as if its not okay for us women to be angry. As if a man being angry is the norm and for a woman its out of character.Woman are held at a higher standard when it comes to behavior, they are expected to be polite and have self control. That shouldn't be the case. We now live in a day and age where our President sets the low when it comes to etiquette and self control. However it seems as if that might be the norm for society as Trump is still president but for Klobuchar it may or may not be the thing that shapes her campaign. 

However for Klobuchar sexism is something she will have to get use to as she will face an entire country and not a just a state. The story may die down as time goes by but it will not be forgotten as others may use this against her with statements saying that if she can't be nice to her staff that works closely with her then how is he suppose to run the country.It is unfair to let this undermine how credible she is for the job. 
In the past women candidates have found a way to dodge their scandals but with amount of sexism that women face they always seem to emerge with comebacks from their supposed downfalls.