If Ann Coulter ran for a Democratic nomination, this logic would require that all Democrats support her. Yet this is obviously absurd; it's perfectly possible to dislike Ann Coulter for reasons that have nothing to do with her being female.

Ann Coulter's female?

/snark

Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to you country.

pot meet kettle.

just asking.

the revolution will not be televised...

But the problem with this is that it makes it impossible for a progressive to oppose any female candidate ever.

That's not really what I was trying to say - that opposition itself is seen as misogyny. (Although I do think that certain leaders of the feminist movement do imply that simply opposing their vetted candidate is misogyny; but I think they do that as a power play and not as honest feeling.)  

It is when there is not only an intellectual opposition but a deep seated antipathy to the person - then the question arises.  Is the antipathy a result of her being a woman or is the antipathy the result of something else.  I think for some feminists the fact that Hillary IS a woman means that the antipathy is ALWAYS at least partially caused simply by the fact that Hillary is a woman.  (And let's face it - for some men and women that is true.  There are sexist people in the world.)

Like Reverend Wright is accused of - they can't see that society might have moved far enough along that women can be disliked in their own right.  As you say, it is possible to dislike Hillary Clinton for reasons that have nothing to do with her being a woman.  I believe that.  But some don't - they cannot separate the womanness from the other parts of Hillaryness.

This leaves aside the question of people who dislike Hillary for reasons unrelated to her gender but attack her using gender stereotypes.  That's a whole other issue and those people deserve to be attacked.