In an blog post on the difficulties of handling male aggression, novelist Rachel Kranz looks at male behavior at poker tables, the mythology of virgins taming unicorns, and the rape perpetrated by Stanford swimmer Brock Turner.
Tag Archives: misogyny
Women vs. Unicorns in Poker, on Dates
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Brock Turner, Feminism, Once and Future King, Poker, Rachel Kranz, Rape, rape sentencing, Sexism, T. H. White Comments closed
Limbaugh’s Clinton-Ratched Comparison
Rightwing radio host Rush Limbaugh regularly compares Hillary Clinton to Nurse Ratched in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and, in so doing, can be said to have paved the way for misogynist Donald Trump. If it’s Trump vs. Clinton in the general election, things will get ugly.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged 2016 presidential race, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Ken Kesey, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, politics, Rush Limbaugh Comments closed
The V-Word: Casting Hillary as Duessa
The rightwing attacks on female sexuality have a long tradition, going back to Pliny the Elder, and include Chaucer, Spenser, and Milton. Expect the tradition to continue if Hillary Clinton is elected president.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Canterbury Tales, Faerie Queene, Geoffrey Chaucer, Hillary Clinton, Merchant's Tale, Wife of Bath, Wife of Bath's Prologue Comments closed
Trump, Lucille Clifton, & Menstruation
Donald Trump assumed that Fox’s Megyn Kelly was menstruating when she aggressively asked him questions. Aside from his sexism, we should listen to Lucille Clifton, who points out how impressively women function even when they are having their periods.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "wishes for sons", Donald Trump, Lucille Clifton, Megyn Kelly, menstruation, politics, Sexism, women's biology Comments closed
