Gwen Ifill said: '"When I was a little girl watching programs like this

[elleng]

— because that's the kind of nerdy family we were — I would look up and not see anyone who looked like me in any way. No women. No people of color," she said. "I'm very keen about the fact that a little girl now, watching the news, when they see me and Judy [Woodruff] sitting side by side, it will occur to them that that's perfectly normal — that it won't seem like any big breakthrough at all."'

[KT2000]

1. The new normal

We have to remember we are always living in the new normal. No matter what it is, it is the world younger people are growing up in - for better or worse. Girls are now surrounded by images and families that say women are equal. They are also surrounded by people who dehumanize people with skin that is not white.
I am afraid many children are being brought up to think the behavior is normal and can be excused. That is a dangerous future.

[Lonestarblue]

2. Trump voters sent a clear message to girls.

No matter how talented you are or educated or experienced, you will never measure up to a man, even one who is a convicted criminal, a sexual predator, and a terrible president

And now with Trump’s election, girls and young women are facing harassment and threats from young men who think they’ve been given permission to treat women as their property. How many girls will now be raped because it is the male right? The sickness in this country will only get worse as Trump elevates people like sexual predator Gaetz to national prominence.

[malaise]

3. Gwen is one of my favorite human beings

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