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===Women don’t jump on furniture===

===Women don’t jump on furniture===

[[File:Beto table 2.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Beto on the campaign trail in [[Iowa]].<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/20/beto-orourke-bar-counter-1230434</ref><ref>https://www.thedailybeast.com/baristas-to-beto-orourke-come-on-man-get-off-our-counters?</ref>]]

[[File:Beto table 2.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Toxic masculinity: a typical Beto barnstorming event.<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/20/beto-orourke-bar-counter-1230434</ref><ref>https://www.thedailybeast.com/baristas-to-beto-orourke-come-on-man-get-off-our-counters?</ref> [[Feminist]]s complain a woman in a skirt would be prohibited from competing fairly.]]

''[[Vox]]'' commented on Beto's talking down to voters:

''[[Vox]]'' commented on Beto's talking down to voters:

{{quotebox-float|Another related question is how countertop shenanigans intersect with the gender dynamics ''vis-à-vis'' the women in the field....the obvious question here is whether a woman could really scramble around on furniture and still be taken seriously as a potential leader....It’s not his fault that he can get away with certain things that some of his rivals probably couldn’t. His strengths are in contrast. With [[Biden]], he presents a pretty clean case of young versus old; compared with [[Kamala Harris|Harris]], [[Elizabeth Warren|Warren]], [[Amy Klobuchar]], and [[Kirsten Gillibrand]], it looks to a lot of people like a very literal case of a brash young man asking to be promoted ahead of a bunch of better-qualified women.... the whole idea of his candidacy strikes other observers as a somewhat enraging display of privilege.<ref>https://www.vox.com/2019/3/22/18274294/beto-orourke-standing-on-countertops-tables</ref>}}{{clear}}

{{quotebox-float|Another related question is how countertop shenanigans intersect with the gender dynamics ''vis-à-vis'' the women in the field....the obvious question here is whether a woman could really scramble around on furniture and still be taken seriously as a potential leader....It’s not his fault that he can get away with certain things that some of his rivals probably couldn’t. His strengths are in contrast. With [[Biden]], he presents a pretty clean case of young versus old; compared with [[Kamala Harris|Harris]], [[Elizabeth Warren|Warren]], [[Amy Klobuchar]], and [[Kirsten Gillibrand]], it looks to a lot of people like a very literal case of a brash young man asking to be promoted ahead of a bunch of better-qualified women.... the whole idea of his candidacy strikes other observers as a somewhat enraging display of privilege.<ref>https://www.vox.com/2019/3/22/18274294/beto-orourke-standing-on-countertops-tables</ref>}}{{clear}}