Inside the mind of Hillary supporters: Rating the Sarah Palin effect

The vast majority of female Hillary supporters now support Obama.  But the 14% who are holding out, or claim to have switched their support to McCain because of Palin, is a crucial voting bloc in such a hotly contested election.  I was a Hillary Clinton supporter, and admit to shedding a tear or two during her convention sp

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Dressing to distraction

I don’t think I am a sexist pig.  I love working with “ball-busting” women in the workplace, and I’m proud of my wife’s accomplishments as a VP in a Fortune 500 company.  I do some housework.  And I think strip clubs are sad, desperate places.  I mention those things to burnish my “nice guy” credentials before I say what I’ve got to say:   As many times as not, when meeting with women in the workplace, I’m put in the impossible position of trying not to look at their breasts - simply because of what they’ve chosen to wear that day.   Clearly some women intentionally dress to provoke, showing fleshy cleavage and wearing tight or see-through shirts.   But I want to address those of you who don’t mean to attract this kind of unprofessional attention, and ask you to consider these “dress-to-distraction” clothing situations:

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