I find it particularly interesting that so many Obama supporters and/or former/current Hillary supporters have been so incredibly critical of the comments made not by her, but by Bill Clinton re: Jesse Jackson and yet there has been no backlash for Obama’s use (to announce his victory right before his speech re: Iowa’s primary victory) of Jay-Z’s song ’99Problems,’ which says repeatedly “I got 99 problems, but a bitch ain’t one.” It seems that race has been made an issue, sure, but Obama has repeatedly made gender an issue without reprimand. The social issues here are asymmetrical and yet his sexism and misogyny goes without notice. Why has Obama not been asked to apologize for using a song that refers to women as bitches? Even if this song was not a reference to Clinton, which it obviously was, on some level the media and the public are suggesting that songs that use the term ‘bitch’ are acceptable and morally sound.
