{"id":2704,"date":"2011-03-16T13:11:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-16T13:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.transversalmedia.eu\/vote-no-for-the-unmarried-spinster-in-yet\/"},"modified":"2011-03-16T13:11:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-16T13:11:00","slug":"vote-no-for-the-unmarried-spinster-in-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/vote-no-for-the-unmarried-spinster-in-yet\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2704 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/vote-no-for-the-unmarried-spinster-in-yet\/attachment\/2705\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/tumblr_li5jbj7akj1qbkli6o1_1280-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/tumblr_li5jbj7akj1qbkli6o1_1280-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/tumblr_li5jbj7akj1qbkli6o1_1280-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/tumblr_li5jbj7akj1qbkli6o1_1280-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"255px\" data-loftocean-lazy-load-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-loftocean-loading-image=\"on\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>Vote NO for the unmarried spinster!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In yet another attack on a woman politician on the basis of her gender, a mailer urges voters to not elect Rose Ferlita on the grounds that she is not married.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2011\/03\/11\/mailer-unmarried-women\/\">ThinkProgress<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The mailer suggests that because Ferlita is  not married, she is  incapable of valuing family or holding public office. \u201cRose Ferlita has  put her political ambition first and foremost, while her opponent is a  dedicated family man with two children \u2014 Ferlita is an unmarried woman  with a suspect commitment to family values,\u201d it reads. Moreover, as  Florida blog Saint Petersblog notes, \u201cunmarried\u201d is a \u201ccodeword\u201d \u2014 \u201cif  you read between the lines is a subtle way of casting doubt on Ferlita\u2019s sexual orientation.\u201d Other mailers  sent by Less Government Now going after men have focused on the  candidates\u2019 record or policy positions, not their personal lives,  marital status, or sexual orientation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And then, this surprising revelation on who is behind the attack:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Less Government Now appears to be tied to Scott Maddox, a Democratic operative who unsuccessfully ran for Agricultural Commissioner last year<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If this is what the supposedly &ldquo;progressive guys&rdquo; are doing, what can we expect from the rest?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vote NO for the unmarried spinster! 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