If you have been following the news or even your Twitter feeds within the past week, then chances are you have seen the many reports and sardonic tweets at the expense of Hillary Clinton’s recent pneumonia diagnosis. Conversely, very little has been said commending her for trying to work through her illness, even though she knew she should have been resting.

Which, with her being 68 years old and the most successful female candidate for U.S. President to date, you would think she would be getting some respect, right?

Ha.

Despite the fact that I know a lot of 18-year-olds who could not even do what Clinton does on the campaign trail on a daily basis without pneumonia, the political arena will not rest until they have exhausted every single misogynistic joke towards Clinton’s supposedly failing health.

Many media platforms are firing off comments on Clinton’s “haggard and deteriorating” appearance, or “shrill voice”, among other things, even before she was diagnosed with pneumonia. Yet, when the media compares pictures of President Obama over the past years, people remark that he has clearly worked hard, and what a stressful job it must be to be president.

Oh, but Hillary? Yeah she is just old, and old clearly means unfit to serve.

In case you were not disappointed enough with the gender bias proliferating this year’s election, here is a tweet from Donald Trump himself, “#WheresHillary? Sleeping!!!!!” I totally forgot that women were not allowed to sleep and recuperate from an illness! How unnatural!

It is worth noting that we know extremely little about Trump in general, especially in comparison to Clinton or Green Party candidate, Gary Johnson. The single medical physical that Trump did release has been under scrutiny for having basically no information of any type of pertinence, including the date in which it was performed. Meanwhile, Clinton released a physical from her longtime physician, including detailed information regarding her medications, family history, and other basic information.

These comments, from a man who could potentially be running this country, only work towards increasing the stereotype that women are too “fragile” to handle leadership positions, that they should continue to hang in the background and be an aid whenever called upon.

It is a double edged sword; women are shamed for being “too weak” to handle leadership positions, yet the second they try and combat this stereotype they are disproportionately under harsh scrutiny compared to their male counterparts. You just can not win. Clinton’s recent illness is just another playing card in the deck of men who believe that women can not handle positions of power.

Even though statistics, or in this case health records, can disprove these gross assumptions, women should not have to do that in order to prove that they are qualified or “tough enough.” Obsessing over women’s bodies should not continue to be a way to keep them out of power. Enough is enough.