There's a very interesting post about gender and lack of female representation in op-ed pages over at Matthew Yglesias’ blog. And some of the comments are even more interesting.
I think that Yglesias is actually a libertarian rightist pretending to be a liberal. But he knows that if he comes out of the closet, he’d lose his influence, because so long as he has people convinced he’s on the left rather than the right, some people on the left might actually listen to him.
A commenter once actually criticized me for having a link to his blog on my blogroll. Whether as Libertarian Girl or Libertarian Man of Mystery, people are looking for evidence that I’m not a “real” libertarian.
Where most liberal types would rant about how women are underrepresented on the op-ed pages, Matthew Yglesias calmly points out that there just aren’t that many women interested in politics, and hints at inside knowledge that’s too politically incorrect for him to actually put into his blog post.
Women just aren’t that interested in politics. Why that might be the case is interesting, but we see in the blogosphere that few women are interested in blogging about politics, and this carries over into the non-blog world of journalism.
Now, one of Yglesias commenters, Kyle, wrote:
As to Ann Coulter being a pundit ... Like Michelle Malkin or Laura Ingraham, a large part of her credentials is alleged "hotness." No male opinion-spieler can compete on that score because most of the conservative audience for opinions is itself male and heterosexual.
I wonder if Kyle has been reading the posts at my blog since I was outed? From recent personal experience, I know that it’s incredibly easy for an attractive female to rise to the top of the right-wing punditry heap.
Then a commenter using the pseudonym of epistemology chimes in with an even a deeper comment:
Men have LA Times, women have Oprah. Men are props on Oprah. When will our legitimate voices be heard there? Why is it always men decrying women's lack of influence in this sphere or that? Is the LA Times more important than Oprah? I doubt it.
I agree 100%. Women have their sphere of interest which is the emotional sphere rather than the logical sphere. And considering on how much money Oprah makes compared to how much money male political pundits make, it’s really the men who should be jealous, not the women.
Ann Coulter is not a pundit. She is an entertainer. She has an act, which she is very, very good at. She looks like a sweet, nice sorority type girl, but she is the most acid tongued talking head on radio or TV. The contrast between her sweet appearance and foul mouth makes Ann Coulter much more entertaining than any male pundit saying the same things. In fact most of the things Ann Coulter says are so idiotic, that no man would be allowed to say it on most radio or TV stations.
Posted by: mikeca | February 19, 2005 at 10:38 PM
I don't think it's really true that few women are interested in politics. What may be true is that fewer women are interested in politics from the narrow standpoint of political mechanics (politics as a sport)but when it comes to substantive issues it's a different story.
Posted by: David Foster | February 19, 2005 at 11:47 PM
Sorry, friend, but Matt's with us leftists. He's more or less a utilitarian. Any utilitarian who understands the diminishing marginal utility of money and the pervasiveness of prisoners' dilemma problems in the economy won't accept libertarianism.
Posted by: Neil the Werewolf | February 20, 2005 at 05:02 AM
Actually, there are a lot of women bloggers who focus primarily on politics (I'm not one of them). I don't know, maybe if they had posted their pictures on their blogs or something...
There's Kathy Kinsley and Momma Bear of On The Third Hand. There's Trish Wilson (her primary focus is on family law). There's Julia of Sisyphus Shrugged. There's Jeanne D'Arc of Body and Soul (her site requires registration). There's Dawn Eden of Dawn Patrol. There's Lauren at feministe. There's Lauryn of Feministing (not the same as Lauren from feministe). There's bean at Cool Beans. There's Judith Weiss of Kesher Talk. There's Imshin of Not a Fish. There's Andrea Harris of Victory Soap. There's Jen of The Greatest Jeneration. There's Cathy Seipp. And those are only the ones I can think of off the top of my head. Morgaine of The Goddess has an entire blogroll of women bloggers over at What She Said!.
Then there are the women bloggers who mix politics with personal posts. Speaking only for myself, I stopped blogging primarily about politics because I got tired of the constant blogospheric pissing match which deteriorates into something like this:
“Lefties are lying hypocritical commie sluts.”
“Righties are lying hypocritical fascist theocrats.”
Which I think is what David Foster was getting at. I am interested in politics when it comes to substantive issues. I'm not interested in it as a sport.
Posted by: Lesley | February 20, 2005 at 10:14 AM
Leslie...right on...and there are several more on my blogroll. It just amazes me the extent to which people--not just MSM 'tards but actual bloggers--make comments like 'few female-written blogs about politics' without taking the trouble to look around a bit...
(aren't kathy kinsley and momma bear the same person (or bear)?)
Posted by: David Foster | February 20, 2005 at 12:31 PM
Any utilitarian who understands the diminishing marginal utility of money and the pervasiveness of prisoners' dilemma problems in the economy won't accept libertarianism.
The issue of rent-seeking behavior (essentially the same thing as the prisoner's dilemna) has come up repeatedly on my blog. Which is why I'm anti-anarchy. Without government and police, man will just not cooperate with each other to the good of society.
This also applies to the world, where nations will not cooperate with each other unless there is a world cop, and the U.S. is the only country that can fulfil that role.
But if the ideal size of government is 15, then the size of our current U.S. government is closer to 70.
Posted by: Libertarian Man of Mystery | February 20, 2005 at 01:50 PM
It just amazes me the extent to which people--not just MSM 'tards but actual bloggers--make comments like 'few female-written blogs about politics' without taking the trouble to look around a bit...
Excuse me, but I've looked around this page quite a bit. The politics blogs are overwhelmingly male.
Posted by: Libertarian Man of Mystery | February 20, 2005 at 01:54 PM
LMOM:
Larry Summers lives! DAN
Posted by: Dan Schneider | February 20, 2005 at 03:18 PM
"The issue of rent-seeking behavior (essentially the same thing as the prisoner's dilemna) has come up repeatedly on my blog. Which is why I'm anti-anarchy. Without government and police, man will just not cooperate with each other to the good of society.
This also applies to the world, where nations will not cooperate with each other unless there is a world cop, and the U.S. is the only country that can fulfil that role.
But if the ideal size of government is 15, then the size of our current U.S. government is closer to 70."
Who is going to police the "world cop?" Your views do not seem very libertarian to me, in fact they sound downright totalitarian.
Posted by: Steven Kane | February 20, 2005 at 06:33 PM
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