It could be fairly said that the current US presidential election campaign has seen some of the ugliest personal attacks and volleys exchanged between the two candidates.

The other fact that has been made crystal clear throughout the run down to the counting day is- if you are a woman running for the president, you better brace out for HELL because they will corner you on everything, right from your husband’s adultery to your dressing sense.

It is actually extremely surprising to see that in all the presidential debates so far, how instead of agendas and policies, personal attacks have made the headlines.

And, women unconsciously have become the leverage to score brownie points over the rival candidate.

When Donald Trump announced during one of the presidential debates that he has invited all the women who have accused Bill Clinton of sexually harassing them, a leer was evident in his face.

The wannabe prez from the GOP seemed to be quite happy over the fact that instead of answering Hillary Clinton’s questions on policy-making and governance, he has steered the discussion on her husband’s infidelities.

That is what this election has shown; women being mere pawns in the larger game to discredit another woman and in a very worrying way, even the mainstream media has been a party to it.

If you search on the internet, the number of articles you will find about Clinton’s policies on social security or economic development will be outnumbered by the ones that speak about Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky.

Lewinsky, who had her world coming down when she was only 22 after her relationship with Bill Clinton went public, has since braved her bullies and has become a cyberbullying activist.

But for the world, she is still the 22-year-old intern of the White House with whom the president had an affair. After being ridiculed (even rap singers didn’t spare her and have included her name in some of their innuendo-laced songs) from all quarters, she is suddenly gaining sympathy from Donald Trump and Co.

Trump insists that the Clintons ruined the life of Lewinsky. This is the same man who speaks about grabbing women by the pussy and also has assault cases registered against him.

This sudden sympathy for Lewinsky actually reeks of hypocrisy simply because of the fact that they are meant to stall the campaign of Hillary Clinton and not out of actual concern for the woman.

Yes, this is what the election of a democratic nation has come to. A mindless gender war, where women are forced to answer for the actions of men, women being used as leverage to throw mud on other women and members of the fairer sex being subjected to personal attacks on the way they dress, speak or carry themselves out.

It is about time that America realizes that once the elections are over, it will no longer be about Bill Clinton cheating on Hillary or Monica Lewinsky but about good governance, something that changes the fate of a country,

So, instead of being carried away by in the sexist tide, the wise thing will be to analyze and compare the election agendas of both the candidates and vote carefully.

At the end of the day, it is not about gender wars or vitriolic personal attacks but the person who can take America forward and away from social evils. And yes, when I say evils, sexism and personal attacks on women also form a part of them.