Butter emails - the double standard that women in politics must be held to

Look, you have registered your disappointment with Psaki’s response to that one question. You have also stated your general appreciation for her work. Many people are telling you that you are holding Psaki to an unnecessarily high standard and I think that you are aware of this. There is really nothing more to say in this conversation. Because you are holding a conversation simultaneously with multiple people (who are not monolithic), each person is responding to each thing that you say in different ways.

The only way that this conversation ends is if you stop responding, even if someone says something that you feel is deeply unfair to you. You are free to keep this up if you like, but it all boils down to you saying that Psaki disappointed you and everyone else saying, “So what?” You are trying to justify your disappointment to people who do not care that you are disappointed.

Just let Psaki be Psaki and remember that the occasional gaffe is part and parcel of a very stressful job. And most importantly, don’t read too much into it.

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