Comment on David Petraeus' Comeback Highlights The Sexist Double-Standard We Can't Escape

David Petraeus' Comeback Highlights The Sexist Double-Standard We Can't Escape

As David Petraeus lobbies for a position in President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet, poised for a near total reputation rehabilitation, his counterpart in scandal, Paula Broadwell, remains in limbo. The Army is still deciding whether or not to exact further punishment upon Broadwell, currently a reserve major, an official confirmed to The Huffington Post, citing a detailed article in The Hill. The clear difference in their situations is just the latest shameful chapter in the Petraeus scandal, at every turn a case study in the ways women and men are treated differently in the media and in culture ― as well as by the incoming Trump administration. As is now widely known, Petraeus shared highly classified information with Broadwell while he was running the CIA ― even the names of undercover agents.

 

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