
Gender unescapable, in unexpected ways, at campaign’s close
WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton is the country’s most famous working mother. For 40 years, she’s been at the centre of countless conversations about gender and politics. Even her pantsuits have been debated for decades.
With her at the top of the Democratic ticket, gender was always going to be an inescapable part of the presidential race.
Still, no one expected this.
In its final weeks, the 2016 campaign is awash in charges and countercharges of assault and groping, sexist slurs and graphic language.