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Hillary Clinton is a 68-year-old woman. And plenty of people hate her for it.

Maybe a wise grandpa made sense to them. But grandma? In the Oval Office? Shaking their heads. Does. Not. Compute. America worships youthful femininity, and our pop culture, if not our policies, idolizes mom. But what do we do with women once they’re not in either of those roles? We minimize and ign…

— Petula Dvorak, washingtonpost.com

Election 2016 Hillary Clinton Ageism Age Politics

No one has talked about this much, but it’s a very real phenomenon in this election. The presidential nominee is confounding America because she represents a demographic that our culture secretly dislikes: older women.

— Petula Dvorak, washingtonpost.com

Election 2016 Hillary Clinton Ageism Age Politics

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