Charlize Theron Is a Sure Thing In Long Shot

Amazingly--or perhaps not--only now, almost 20 years into the 21st century, has the culture finally begun to acknowledge how women are held to standards we'd never apply to men, especially in the political arena. Her voice is too shrill! You wouldn't want to have a beer with her! Her hand gestures are annoying! By the time anyone gets around to asking a female candidate about policy, she's lucky if she hasn't been scrutinized into a pile of dust.

Amazingly--or perhaps not--only now, almost 20 years into the 21st century, has the culture finally begun to acknowledge how women are held to standards we'd never apply to men, especially in the political arena. Her voice is too shrill! You wouldn't want to have a beer with her! Her hand gestures are annoying! By the time anyone gets around to asking a female candidate about policy, she's lucky if she hasn't been scrutinized into a pile of dust.