Real Canadian: "If Le Pen loses this weekend I wonder how many journalists will claim it was because of misogyny? My guess, not very many."

I agree, but also feel that Ms. Le Pen, Margaret Thatcher, Sarah Palin and others have been hindered somewhat because of their gender. Mrs. Thatcher played the "iron lady" because she had to; unlike her friend Ronald Reagan, she could not speak softly while wielding her big stick, as she would only have looked weak. If Mrs. Clinton had for half a second acted as childishly and ridiculously as her opponent did, no one would have excused such antics as a byproduct of take-charge toughness.