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WAF

June 11th, 2008

In her concession speech, U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton used a pointed analogy to describe the ascent of women: “Although we weren’t able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling this time, thanks to you, it has about 18 million cracks in it and the light is shining through like never before.”

Those 18 million cracks refer to the popular votes Clinton received, many from women who viewed her presidential aspirations as a testament to the new-found power of women. A growing clout that’s being propelled by an Ubertrend dubbed “WAF” – an abbreviation of the “Woman’s Acceptance’s Factor.”

That Clinton was able to harness more popular votes than rival Barack Obama is a significant feat considering that just 160 years ago, on July 18, 1848 to be precise, the first Women’s Rights Convention was held in Seneca, New York, a movement that later came to be identified with the “suffragettes.”

Hillary Clinton may not have dodged sniper fire in Bosnia, but her resounding campaign for U.S. President made her the world’s most outstanding example of female power.

The term WAF was popularized by a Home Theater Spot discussion forum aimed at men seeking advice on how to obtain their better half’s approval before, or after, acquiring new gear. Humorously entitled “The Wife Acceptance Factor — Not in my house!” — this forum was dedicated to a contemporary phenomenon using a moniker that was semi- onomatopoetic code for man’s “better half.”

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