This week, CNN finally sat down to talk to some Junior Leaguers in Ohio (like everyone was waiting for!) about the real issue dividing Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton supporters. That being which of the following you consider more pressing— racism or sexism.

Hillary Clinton has had to deal with plenty. At a rally, hecklers yelled to her to iron their shirts. Radio host Rush Limbaugh told listeners, “Will this country want to actually watch a woman get older before their eyes on a daily basis?”

MSNBC’s Chris Matthews suggested “the reason she’s a U.S. senator, the reason she’s a candidate for president, the reason she may be a front-runner is her husband messed around.”

Hillary Clinton’s hairdos, ankles and even her cleavage have sparked discussion.

Most of the junior leaguers said they thought similar attacks on Barack Obama’s race would spark more outrage.

Ya think? But why is it perfectly acceptable to taunt a candidate for being female?

Dr. Yvonne Scrubbs-Leftwich former president of Black Leadership Forum and now a professor at the National Labor College, suggests […] “There have been enough examples now of how misguided the earlier stereotypes and characterizations of African-Americans have been so that there has been in fact some overt adjustment to how African-Americans are addressed and are verbally considered in public.”

And even the Junior Leaguers seem to agree.

In this country, as awful as sexism has been, people lost their lives for civil rights.

Because no woman ever lost her life to a misogynist, right? But not to worry. Experts say subtle racism is far more dangerous than overt sexism.

In other words, at least the sexism is out there and Clinton can defend herself against it. With subtle racism, there’s little chance. Scruggs-Leftwich warns, “The kind of offensive behavior that you recognize the minute it begins to unfold can be defended against in a very different way from the way that one has to strategize, to defend against subtle racism.”

Just like when Blacks were openly sent to the back of the bus. At least you knew what you were dealing with then.

Some voters say sexism less offensive than racism [CNN]