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Posted: 2016-03-16T03:08:59Z | Updated: 2016-03-16T03:08:59Z Male Pundits To Hillary Clinton: Quiet Down And Smile More | HuffPost

Male Pundits To Hillary Clinton: Quiet Down And Smile More

How about you stop doing this.

If there's one thing I know as a man, it's that women love it when men publicly police women's tone and tell them to smile.

A number of male pundits put this axiom to the test on Tuesday, offering some totally friendly, not-at-all sexist advice to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as she delivered a victory speech following Democratic presidential primary wins in FloridaOhio  and North Carolina .

MSNBC 's Joe Scarborough didn't like the way Clinton's face looked.

Nice one, Don Draper.

Others didn't really like the way Clinton's voice sounded.

To be fair, Clinton was not speaking quietly. Her voice -- which sounded somewhat depleted, as if she'd been talking pretty much nonstop for the last 11 months or something -- could have even have been described as a bit hoarse.

But not only is it weird to criticize any candidate for speaking loudly at a campaign rally filled with screaming supporters, it seems like this is exactly the sort of trivial criticism that pundits would feel less inclined to loft at a male politician.

Clinton is well aware of this double standard , and regularly makes note of it on the campaign trail. Here's what she said earlier this week.

We even did a whole video about this phenomenon of men only seeming to notice a candidate's tone and volume when it's Clinton at the mic.

And as for Scarborough pulling a "you look prettier when you smile" on Clinton, we'll just leave you with this.

And this.

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Here Are Hillary Clinton's Many Facial Expressions During Her Benghazi Committee Testimony
Prepared.(01 of18)
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"Bring it, guys."(02 of18)
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Excited!(03 of18)
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?????(04 of18)
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Calm.(05 of18)
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Amused.(06 of18)
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Very amused.(07 of18)
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Skeptical.(08 of18)
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton listens to a question as she testifies before the House Select Committee on Benghazi, on Capitol Hill in Washington October 22, 2015. The congressional committee is investigating the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, when Clinton was the secretary of state. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (credit:Jonathan Ernst / Reuters)
"Whoa, chill out."(09 of18)
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Former Secretary of State and Democratic Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton testifies before the House Select Committee on Benghazi on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, October 22, 2015. AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SAUL LOEB via Getty Images)
Angry.(10 of18)
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Confused.(11 of18)
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Concerned.(12 of18)
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Bored.(13 of18)
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Bored.(14 of18)
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WASHINGTON, USA - OCTOBER 22: Former Secretary of State and Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton listens to questions from committee members while testifying in front of the Benghazi Committee during a hearing on the attack in Washington, USA on October 22, 2015. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
"This is still going on?"(15 of18)
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So bored.(16 of18)
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"Is it over yet?"(17 of18)
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WASHINGTON, USA - OCTOBER 22: Former Secretary of State and Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton looks at a piece of evidence on a monitor while testifying in front of the Benghazi Committee during a hearing on the attack in Washington, USA on October 22, 2015. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Benghazzzzzzz.(18 of18)
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