It's The Gender, Stupid

Fear of a woman president: How the white backlash against Obama fueled Hillary hate and the rise of Trump - Salon.com:

...It’s not a coincidence that the first African-American president may be followed by the first woman president. Progress requires that you let the momentum carry you when you have it. But it also shouldn’t be a surprise that the first would enter office on a high note of inspiration and the second would face the inevitable backlash. We should have seen it coming. I get the feeling that Hillary Clinton did.