Hats and Politics (who knew?)

Florida congresswoman Frederica Wilson is making all sorts of waves because the House rules state she is not allowed to wear one of her 300 hats and has decided that the rule is sexist. Which makes sense, because, you know, the men can all wear hats whenever they want to.

Except they can't.

Perhaps I am a horrible woman, but I honestly don't understand her logic here. She is being told that she has to follow the same rule that the men do, but it's sexist? Maybe someone can explain this to me in a way that makes sense, but it sort of seems like one of those times where someone yells "sexism" just to get something happen the way they want it to. The problem with that is if women really want to be equal in ever way that still falls behind (pay, respect in the workplace, negative stereotypes, etc), sexism can't be the ultimate go-to cry for everything that makes us upset. It ends up being akin to "The Boy Who Cried Wolf", and eventually everyone is just like, "oh, they're using THAT argument again". Sexism is a very real and troubling problem that still exists despite decades of work on the part of women, and it does need to be continually addressed. 

But not because you don't like a rule that everyone has to follow.