Wonder if these “rules” will apply to Dem women?
Here’s the Delaware Republican Party statement:
Newark, DE: Delaware Republican Party Chairman Charlie Copeland has issued the following statement regarding the release of disturbing audio tapes in which Sussex County GOP officials make offensive comments about women leaders in the Delaware Republican Party and about women in general:
The recent release of audio recordings by DelawareRight.com in which Sussex County Republican leaders take aim at leaders of the Delaware Federation of Republican Women and the Sussex County Republican Women are offensive and counter to the fundamental beliefs of the Republican Party.
While the remarks were made in the hours leading up to the election of a new Sussex County Republican Chair, these remarks should never have been part of the debate on selecting the party’s county leadership. The Delaware Republican Party respects women as individuals and leaders in both our party and nation.
In the previously cited recordings, Sussex County Executive Committee member Duke Brooks remarks: “Females very often, or if not generally are, a little fast to start using verbal insults and name-calling then men are. I have witnessed this, not every time, but they seem sometimes to be that way.”
The recordings also included comments the Sussex County GOP Vice Chair Fred Silva, in which he says: “Listen, this is the way of the world from time immemorial. The problem today is you have a bunch of, what’s the word for them, metrosexuals who are willing to listen to the women.”
I find the remarks of Mr. Brooks and Mr. Silva to be wholly unacceptable. It is beyond my comprehension that any Republican official would harbor such bias, let alone promote these demeaning opinions in a public forum.
“Republican presidential contender Carly Fiorina recently hit the nail right on the head when she spoke to the national convention of the Federation of Republican women and proudly said: “Note to the Democrat Party: We are not a special interest group. We are the majority of the nation.”
The Delaware Republican Party stands with the Delaware Federation of Republican women, and all women, as they fight bigotry and sexism in a world where they demand and deserve better.
There are a lot of tells in the quoted comments. Referring to women as “females” is a big one. And men willing to listen to women aren’t real men, they’re “metrosexuals” is another.
Personally, I don’t think this statement is going to go over well. After all, the GOP has put too much effort into controlling and demeaning women for them to be taken seriously on women’s issues. I’m expecting a push back on this because, obviously, the Delaware GOP is full of metrosexuals who listen to females.
On the other hand, I am fine with holding the Delaware GOP to these standards – for all women.