A 2016 Bill Maher interview resurfaced after Gloria Steinem’s death, reviving criticism of her remark that young women backed Bernie Sanders because “the boys are with Bernie.”
The comment came when Maher asked why Sanders was drawing unusually strong support from young voters, including young women, during his primary fight against Hillary Clinton.
Steinem’s answer jarred because she was one of feminism’s most prominent figures, and critics saw it as reducing young women’s political choices to male attention.
The episode is revisited as a snapshot of the 2016 campaign, when many still expected Clinton to secure the Democratic nomination and underestimated the broader political shifts underway.
How does a pioneering activist's controversial remark reveal the inevitable generational clashes within long-standing social movements?
Will history remember this iconic leader for her groundbreaking journalism, or will controversial generational critiques complicate her monumental legacy?