After women's health advocate Sandra Fluke delivered a speech about reproductive freedom in a primetime slot at the Democratic National Convention in September, a number of prominent conservatives, many of whom are women, attacked her with sexist, personal insults. "Feminism weeps as Fluke and other DNC women get on their metaphorical knees to beg for government to take care of them," tweeted conservative MSNBC host S.E. Cupp, just after commentator Ann Coulter tweeted, "Bill Clinton just impregnated Sandra Fluke backstage."
A month later, as Fluke relaxed on an Obama for America bus Tuesday afternoon, she took a few minutes to reflect on the fact that some Republicans can't stop insulting her.
"I've read some of it, but not all of it. Much of it is just as sexist and as problematic as some of the things we saw earlier in the year," she said in a phone interview with The Huffington Post, referring to the incident in which Rush Limbaugh called her a "slut" on his radio show because she advocates for contraception coverage. "It can be frustrating. I certainly don't want to be a polarizing figure, and I don't try to say things that are polarizing -- I just try to say why these are important to my generation and to me, and evidently that's upsetting for some people to hear."
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