# The Democratic National Convention

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democratic-national-convention/760158>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [July 17, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democratic-national-convention/760158 "2016-07-17T21:58:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democratic-national-convention/760158/824 "2016-07-29T20:41:37Z")

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> [@raventhief](#):
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> We women must learn to modulate our tone, i guess? So that our audience doesn’t think of being sent to the principal’s office.
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> It does suck that a woman displaying power and strength is written off. How can women fix themselves so that doesn’t occur?

Apropos of this. From another thread, reply to a post wherein Hillary was called “shrill”:

> [@Now that the conventions are over let's discuss Clinton vs. Trump campaigns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-conventions-are-over-lets-discuss-clinton-vs-trump-campaigns/761206/18):
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> Disagree. I think anytime a female makes her voice heard people immediately label her a Harpy. Pelosi… harpy, Fiorina… harpy, Warren… harpy. Clinton to me is far from “shrill”. It’s just a female voice. Get over it.  
> \<snip\>…

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