Misogyny is a national vulnerability and it was leveraged against our nation to our detriment. Donald Trump and Mike Pence have continued to lead a racist, misogynistic backlash to progress that proves to be profoundly stupid in that it will harm not only women/people of color, but many of the people who support these men.
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Going forward, a good thing to keep in mind is that those with the loudest and largest media platforms to cover these current events continue to be white men, many of whom are entertained by or actively complicit in the oppression of women.
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More than any time in my recent memory it has become apparent that a fundamental way rape culture has saturated our culture so thoroughly, and yet sometimes so imperceptibly, is because so many national narratives in the news, politics, and Hollywood are told by misogynists who tip the scales for other misogynists, the massive effect of which has been to normalize the widespread hatred and subordination of women.
I listen to NPR news usually 1 to 1½ hours a day. During last year’s campaign and since then I’ve felt NPR political commentaries have been rather bland at best and tilted towards the GOP at worst. The most recent annoying example has been Mara Liasson, political commentator, nattering on about how badly the GOP needs the to pass their proposed tax bill – with nothing said about how disastrous that bill will be for everyone but the rich. There may be a reason for it…
For a couple years Michael Oreskes has been senior vice president for news at NPR. Last week he resigned over a rising number of complaints of sexual harassment.
That pulls the sarcasm out of Melissa McEwan, also of Shakesville:
If you, like me, are wondering whether the head of NPR's news division being a misogynist predator with zero respect for women might have influenced their coverage of the first woman ever nominated for the United States presidency by a major party, well, that's just another mystery lost to the sands of time.
Cough.
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