when a female fires back
suddenly big talker don't know how to act
so he does what any little boy will do
making up a few false rumors or two

that for sure is not a man to me
slanderin' names for popularity
it's sad you only get your fame through controversy
but now it's time for me to come and give you more to say

meant to say "like Christina Aguilera said in "Can't Hold Us Down":"

she isnt a female, she is a harpy.

lol, love it mamasiamalita!

Sounds like the good ol' boys club doesn't know how to behave when a female is on the playing field.

well said mamasitamali.....that boys club in the nrcc is just threatened by someone, and gasp....its a woman, telling them what to do.

I'm a woman. And a large chunk of me is a feminist. But I also have common sense and therefore, I CAN'T STAND NANCY PELOSI. She IS out of her league, but it has nothing to do with her being a woman. There are other women who would do her job far better.

The full last quote is actually, "Nancy Pelosi might think she's a general, but she's playing out of her league and she knows it." In other words, she's not qualified to make military assessments.

The whole thing is Pelosi saying that she doesn't want to heed the advise of the military experts because she thinks some of the liberal democrats in the house will get in trouble with their constituents. In other words, partisan politics trumps national security. Anyone that blatantly self interested - male or female - really should be put in their place.

Thanks for providing the entire quote, mermei.

I think it's telling when people make something about gender/sex when it isn't necessarily so.

Totally agree, Mamacita.

Who knew the Republican leadership was chock-a-block with sexism?

Spacekatgal (and others), mind telling me what about this comment is blatantly sexist?

are you serious, Anonymous #11?????

Mamasita, I can't speak for anonymous #11, but I think that's a serious question. Why is this necessarily about gender and not about military experience, particularly when you consider the full quote?

Kimbo, best case scenario it's a boneheaded choice of words. Worst case scenario, this person doesn't know why a woman should have an opinion. The question is, are you willing to give the Republican leadership the benefit of the doubt when it comes to appearing sexist?

Good job posting the lyrics, Mamasita! I love that song.

Conservatives - ugh, a bastion of racism, sexism, and anti-semitism. Can someone inform them of the present day.

So, you're saying that nothing about the quote itself is inherently sexist, right? To me, what you're saying goes to what I originally said; that it's telling that some people are so quick to cry sexism.

Full context of quotes do wonders. NRCC is correct, she is out of her league with her military knowledge. Way to overact and thanks for making this something its really not.

Kimbo, I see your point. I think the comments could have been more thoroughly explained or better worded, but I get it.

Despite my personal feelings toward the Speaker which aren't so flattering I do agree that the comment was way out of line and sexist.

I really can't stand that woman. As far as I'm concerned, she should have no place in our government. She's an idiot, and I'm glad someone finally called her on it.

Hey lilkimbo, I think that what's "inherently sexist" is not necessarily the critique that she may not be up to snuff to talk about military matters. Anyone could get that critique. The problem is the language — with who else but women and people of color is the idea of "knowing your place" used? Their rhetoric betrays their sexism, in my opinion. A woman's place is in the home, etc.

Tres, I guess we'll have to agree to disagree, because I feel what you just said as well as the fact that you chose not to include the entire comment is more. Telling of your preconceived idea than of the NRCC.

Ah! That was horrible grammar. That's what I get for posting from my phone!

Tres - I've heard that term "knowing your place", "being put in your place" etc. used in many ways besides with women and people of color. I've heard parents using it with their own children for example. I've always heard it used in the sense that a person is letting another person know that he isn't as important as he thinks he is. It's a way of humbling a person (or attempting to) or correcting them. That's how I've always heard it used.

And I hate that just because a man says something to a woman people automatically start assuming it's sexism.