Tag Archives: misogyny

Toni Morrison Explains Hillary Hatred

By Robin Bates | Published: October 31, 2016

The rage against Hillary Clinton is probably the result of primal male fears. Toni Morrison captures such male fear and rage in her novel “Paradise.”

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Women vs. Unicorns in Poker, on Dates

By Robin Bates | Published: June 15, 2016

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.

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Limbaugh’s Clinton-Ratched Comparison

By Robin Bates | Published: March 30, 2016

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.

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The V-Word: Casting Hillary as Duessa

By Robin Bates | Published: January 5, 2016

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.

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Trump, Lucille Clifton, & Menstruation

By Robin Bates | Published: August 14, 2015

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.

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