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  • 2016-02-23 (xsd:date)
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  • John Kasich 'Women and Kitchens' Controversy (en)
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  • On 22 February 2016, a clip featuring remarks made by presidential candidate John Kasich circulated widely on social media. A short snippet (or a transcribed quote taken from it) from earlier that day suggested that Kasich declared female voters had left their kitchens to cast ballots for him: The video spliced together Kasich's comments with those of a town hall attendee, creating the impression of a direct statement and response. After Kasich spoke, she said she would come out to vote for him, but wouldn't be leaving her kitchen to do so. That interpretation was quickly disseminated across the web: Not all reporting seized upon the use of the word kitchens alone. Some also included context: Early on in the fray, reporters attempted to clarify the comments' context: Jezebel updated their coverage with a clarification: The New York Times was among outlets that carried the quote in its larger context, observing that Kasich credited women for helping launch his political career: The paper also quoted Kasich on the reaction tweet: After the short clip made the social media rounds, Kasich's complete remarks were published to YouTube: In light of the broader context, some outlets revised their coverage of Kasich's statement in order to provide a more accurate portrayal of the remarks. Kasich himself later admitted that the wording was clumsy. While it was true Kasich described women coming out of kitchens to support him, he was describing a grassroots campaign effort at the start of his career in 1978, not election days in any recent years. A portion of the remarks mentioned an army of women who were responsible for getting his career off the ground. After the context of the quote was added, some outlets revised their original reports, and others noted that women weren't exclusively homemakers in 1978. While there were plenty of career women in 1978 (51 percent of women were in the labor force to at least some degree in 1978, compared to 57 percent in 2014) Kasich's remarks were edited to appear far more regressive than they did in context, and most initial takes were based on nothing more than a partial quote. (en)
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