Women are constantly being told to smile, usually by men. It happens so often, The Atlantic published a story with more than ten women describing their encounters where someone told them to smile or smile more. This is just one branch of sexism women face on a daily basis but White Hosue Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders doesn’t seem to care.
When asked in an interview with CNN how Trump could unify the State of the Union, she answered with “I think she [Nancy Pelosi] should smile a lot more often, I think the country would be better for it. She seems to kind of embody the bitterness that belongs in the Democrat party right now.”
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders: I think Nancy Pelosi “should smile a lot more often … she seems to kind of embody the bitterness that belongs in the Democrat party right now” https://t.co/eFCFTiHAT1
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 31, 2018
Did Sarah take a second to think maybe Nancy is unhappy with current events that are unfolding in the government right now? Maybe she really doesn’t like the current president? Or maybe, just maybe, she wasn’t smiling because she doesn’t need to (I doubt smiling is in her job description).
Plus, quite a few people on the Internet were quick to point out that Huckabee-Sanders isn’t exactly a pro smiler either.
Sarah wants certain people to smile how’s that working sarah pic.twitter.com/qPACXamtls
— JayJay1903 (@JJ19033) January 31, 2018
Either way, maybe we should just not tell women what to do with their face muscles? Sound good?