Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud: The Rise and Reign of the Unruly Woman

by Anne Helen Petersen

As Klein underlines, “presidential campaigns are built to showcase the stereotypically male trait of standing in front of a room speaking confidently.”38 When Clinton attempted to speak confidently in front of a room of people, she was called shrill and judged a failure. No matter of practice or training could change that.