My greatest thrill (on this score) was when my niece recently confessed some embarrassment at enjoying the TV series “Mad Men” (which takes place circa 1960) because of the deplorable way the women characters are treated — like second class citizens. When I told her that women really were second class citizens in 1960 and that the show was historically accurate, she couldn’t believe it. In my mind, that’s what the rest of us fought for: so our daughters could live in a more gender-equal society.

So we’ve earned the right to back whoever we think will be the best president, regardless of gender. And I really do resent Hillary’s supporters considering us to be misogynists just because we believe Obama will be the better candidate. We’ve paid our dues, and times have changed.

They remind me of those Japanese soldiers who wandered out of the jungle in the late 1950s and thought that WWII was still going on. . . (snark!)

But I will also say, that I remember RFK (though I was only 12 when he ran, I have always been interested in Politics), and I have cherished RFK’s memory since 1968, and hell yeah, it is my Idealism that drove me toward Obama and away from Hillary Clinton.

Sure I’d be pisses if Clinton was getting the nod instead of Obama, I understand the anger, but the “childish tantrum” part of it…well I got over that myself, for awhile I thought that Hillary might seize the nomination, and thought, to heck with this, I like McCain, but then I came to my senses and felt that I would support the Party this year, and NOT the Candidate. Of course, I consider myself unusually rational…LOL.

As a psychologist, I know that the best way to deal with them is to acknowledge their anger and disappointment. To reassure them that their feelings are very natural and that, if the tables were turned, we’d probably feel much the same way. Then, once they’ve calmed down, remind them of the real prize we’re after, and ask what we can do to help them gear up for pursuing it.

As an Obama supporter, though, I genuinely resent being called a sexist simply because I choose the other candidate. We’ve made too many advances in women’s rights (on the back of my — and countless other women’s — sacrifices) to require my support for a woman candidate just because she’s a woman candidate. Slaves must side with other slaves if they ever hope to be free; free persons are free to chose whom they wish to side with.