And still it continues: the OPs and reply posts insisting that Hillary Clinton is losing her bid to become the Democratic nominee due to blatant sexism.

According to some here, this type of woman-hating runs rampant not only within the party, but among liberals and progressives everywhere.

It does not matter a whit that Hillary managed – apparently despite this never-ending, oh-so-obvious sexism – to come within a hair’s breadth of the nomination. Nor does it matter that when a field of more-than-capable candidates was narrowed down to two, she, the only woman in the field, was one of the two left standing.

Perhaps the argument we are meant to accept is that the Boys in Charge simply allowed her to get where she is in order to lull female voters into a false sense of equality – or, even more dastardly, permitted Hill to get this far simply for the maniacal pleasure of pulling the rug out from under her at the last possible moment, as a means of reminding all women that they should remain aware of their secondary place in society, as well as the political arena.

These posters decry the unfairness that women face as a result of sexism and yet, for many of them, the obvious response to such real or imagined unfairness is to threaten to not vote come November, and/or leave the party entirely if Hillary is not the nominee.

In other words, outraged at the idea that women are victims, they voluntarily choose to assume the very role they insist has been forced upon them by an insensitive, uncaring world.

What is truly astounding about this victim-of-sexism meme being spouted ad nauseam by Hillary supporters is their obvious disconnect from the factual realities of the life and times of their candidate-of-choice.

Can anyone doubt that Hillary, now sixty years of age, has often dealt with real sexism in the workplace throughout her life? Can anyone doubt that being an exceptionally attractive woman, she has experienced actual sexual harassment over her long career?

And yet she is where she is – a candidate for the presidency of the United States – undoubtedly as a direct result of the fact that she didn’t give in, didn’t give up, and didn’t allow such obstacles to impede her from pursuing her ultimate goal.

While the Hillary-is-being-shut-out-because-she’s-a-female crowd actually brag about removing themselves from the electoral process due to the injustices allegedly done to their candidate, they choose to ignore the fact that this woman would not be in this race were it not for her determination to not be shut out of the process under any circumstances.

One can only wonder where Hillary would be today had she adopted the attitude that many of her supporters here are actively advocating: quit and go home, refuse to stand your ground as an equal participant in the voting process, slink off like a hard-done-by female as a means of proving you’re not exactly that.

Hillary’s campaign has lost support; that is undeniable. It is due to a myriad of factors, from contradictory statements re Michigan and Florida, to holding out McCain as a more viable candidate than a fellow Democrat, to attempting to move the goalposts every time she falls behind, to the Bosnia lie that caused serious questioning of her credibility on any number of issues.

You will note that none of the above have anything to do with her gender. And yet, according to some posters here, these setbacks have everything to do with sexism – as though this same behavior by a male candidate would have been accepted without question.

I am not, nor have I ever been, a supporter of Hillary Clinton’s candidacy for the presidency – although it goes without saying that were she ultimately chosen as the Democratic nominee, I would vote for her without hesitation.

But the idea that some Hillary supporters will not vote for the Democratic nominee unless it is a woman candidate is not only abhorrent to members of the party, I would venture to say it would be abhorrent to Hillary Clinton herself – because if that kind of mindset was something she approved of as a legitimate recourse, she wouldn't be where she is right now. She'd be home baking cookies, having given up her rightful place in the political system the first time she was referred to as being just a girl.