It appears that depending on your political views, your gender can be questioned. At least to a certain Democratic female state legislator from Tennessee.

According to Post Politics this morning:

Rep. Janis Baird Sontany (D-53) said of female Republican state legislators, “You have to lift their skirts to find out if they are women. You sure can’t find out by how they vote!”

Rep. Sontany is reported to have said this at a Davidson County Democratic breakfast this weekend.

I hope Rep. Sontany’s remarks were a bad joke, but they hint at a pervasive attitude that permeates the groupthink known as feminism on the left.

Women on the left have determined that they decide the correct attitudes and opinions for all women. The rest of us should just follow them and issue fealty to the Democratic Party. They are the Voice of Women,™ and it is not our place to question it or diverge from the sorority.

I guess all of the conservative women who are now running for office or engaged in the political process missed this memo.

Rep. Sontany’s remarks and this general attitude are incredibly condescending. All morning I’ve searched for the appropriate word. Sexism? Perhaps. What’s the definition of women-on-women hate?

These types of remarks are wrong. They are wrong regardless of whatever party said them. Sexism directed towards a conservative woman by fellow Republicans is wrong. Sexism (or whatever it is) directed towards women by other women over political difference is also wrong.

Women have the right to decide for ourselves what political positions we want. Even if you disagree with those views, you should respect my right to hold them. Despite what liberals and feminists think, they are not the authoritative Voice of Women,™ and it’s clear that many other women across the country agree with me on this issue.

I’m sick of the whole debate revolving around abortion. I’m unequivocally pro-life and will always be. Do I agree with you if you support abortion? Absolutely not. However, I respect your right to hold those views as a fellow American and a voter. I will never challenge or question your right to hold those views.

Isn’t this a type of McCarthyism from the left? Women are only allowed to express “acceptable” views that align with what the Feminists™ and  Voice of Women™ proclaim? Those that dare speak out will be savagely attacked in the media?

More at Red State and Michelle Malkin.