I accept the premise that sexism can take subtle forms and is still a major problem in U.S. society. I also accept the reality that women candidates for public office have some unfairly high bars to clear in terms of public perception. But I don't think the problem is that the voters aren't ready for a woman president. I think the problem is that an awful lot of them weren't ready for Hillary.

I just want to be very careful not to overgeneralize about what happened in this election. The temptation is to go all in on the narrative that Trump exploited all these negative impulses in people and that's why he won. That's partly true, but I think there's more to it than that. 

Like it or not, a lot of good, decent people voted for Trump -- or, perhaps more accurately, voted against Clinton. That's something we shouldn't dismiss or oversimplify. If we do, we're just asking for the same thing all over again in four years.