Overt misogyny of this sort is rarely heard in the more official channels of political discourse. (Though not always, as Peterson made headlines in 2012 when he argued, on Fox News, that women shouldn’t have been allowed the vote.)
But, as these quotes — collected from just the past week, the tip of a misogyny iceberg — make it quite clear, when right wingers chafe against “political correctness,”it isn’t just racism that they want to express more freely. It’s misogyny, as well. [...]
While the feminist revolution has been going on for decades now, in the past decade, there’s been a quiet but profound shift of social and economic power towards women, allowing unprecedented levels of autonomy. For the first time in American history, half of American workers are women. In 64% of these families, the mother is either the primary or a co-breadwinner. In over 40% of families with children, the mother is the main breadwinner.
Even amongst traditional nuclear families, with married parents and kids at home, the shift has been dramatic. In a quarter of these homes, the wife makes more than her husband. While most couples tend to have the same educational level, it used to be that, when there was a difference, the husband had more education. But about a decade ago, that trend reversed. Now wives have more education. [...]
Instead, many men are turning to Trump, finding reassurance of their own masculinity in his cheesy bombast and gleeful disrespect of women. In a year when we’re likely to elect the first female president, provoking even more angst over men’s declining dominance, Trump’s gross misogyny has even more appeal.
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