Quiz 3 question 1

Is This the End of Sarah Palin As We Know Her?

The article I recently read, titled, "Is This the End of Sarah Palin As We Know Her?" goes on to talk about how Sarah Palin has had her fair share of controversial remarks receiving negative reactions from our society. An action of hers that pretty much threw her off the edge was her eight-minute long video following the Tucson shooting, declaring her hatred for war and violence, and then accusing critics of perpetrating a "blood libel" against her. Simply using such a term stirred up a lot of controversy, especially among the Jewish population. This strange and bizzare act by Palin brings up the question of whether or not she is really a victim here. With the cultural studies approach, it is clear that she is able to play the victim more frequently, due to the fact that she is a female, and in our society it is often the female who becomes the victim. A male in her position may not receive the same reaction to his acts that Palin seems to create. In the political spectrum, one can definitely say that Palin stands out moreso than others because in the political spectrum, there are very few females. The fact that she is simply a female in the political world gives her automatic publicity, both negative and postive, but more negative in her case.