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MAGA Has a Penis Obsession. 4B Feminism Is a Logical Response.
Last edited Tue Nov 12, 2024, 06:22 PM - Edit history (1)
Welcome to our phallocracy. Sure, the election was about the economy, but it was also about misogyny (among other things).Men have been explaining things to me. They have explained that Donald Trump’s win wasn’t about gender—about America not being ready for a woman president; about people not caring whether all Americans can enjoy equal bodily autonomy—or about race, but instead that it was about the economy. They have explained that it was about elite condescension, a wokeness backlash, that Democrats have made a major miscalculation in siloing certain commentators and platforms. Harris, for instance, should have gone on Joe Rogan’s podcast, wrote Ezra Klein. Bernie did it! Trump gave Rogan three hours of his time, in his studio, and Rogan rewarded him with an endorsement.
Maybe that’s right. Maybe Harris should have acceded to Rogan’s condition. Maybe Harris, a Black woman who is the sitting vice president, should have traveled to the Austin podcasting studio of a white man who considers it his bailiwick to discuss the merits of famous women’s “pussies.” (Incidentally, Rogan in 2022 told fellow white guy Jordan Peterson that he thought the term “Black” should be reserved for “someone who is 100% African, from the darkest place,” and over the span of 12 years deployed the N-word at least 20 times on air. He later apologized, clarifying that he’s “not racist.”)
There were, inarguably, major flaws in a Democratic campaign that, among other problems, anointed a presidential candidate a mere 107 days before the election—and in a party that has had issues with its messaging for years. But perhaps, as others have pointed out, the outcome of the election wasn’t just about the economy, wasn’t just about gender, but that illusive third thing—their inherent interconnectedness.
It’s hard to argue that gender didn’t affect the results of the election when, in its aftermath, men have been making “jokes” about sexually assaulting liberals. Nick Fuentes, the 26-year-old white nationalist, former YouTuber, and onetime Trump dinner companion, went on a particularly unhinged rant. “Hey bitch, we control your bodies,” he said, pausing to cackle. “Your body, our choice.” One source received a digitally created image of Trump anally raping Harris with the caption “Daddy’s Home.” Another circulated GIF depicts an anatomical drawing of a penis becoming erect, overlaid with the image of an eagle, which ejaculates stars from the American flag. No doubt there are people who’ve shared such imagery who would say they voted for gas prices.
Maybe that’s right. Maybe Harris should have acceded to Rogan’s condition. Maybe Harris, a Black woman who is the sitting vice president, should have traveled to the Austin podcasting studio of a white man who considers it his bailiwick to discuss the merits of famous women’s “pussies.” (Incidentally, Rogan in 2022 told fellow white guy Jordan Peterson that he thought the term “Black” should be reserved for “someone who is 100% African, from the darkest place,” and over the span of 12 years deployed the N-word at least 20 times on air. He later apologized, clarifying that he’s “not racist.”)
There were, inarguably, major flaws in a Democratic campaign that, among other problems, anointed a presidential candidate a mere 107 days before the election—and in a party that has had issues with its messaging for years. But perhaps, as others have pointed out, the outcome of the election wasn’t just about the economy, wasn’t just about gender, but that illusive third thing—their inherent interconnectedness.
It’s hard to argue that gender didn’t affect the results of the election when, in its aftermath, men have been making “jokes” about sexually assaulting liberals. Nick Fuentes, the 26-year-old white nationalist, former YouTuber, and onetime Trump dinner companion, went on a particularly unhinged rant. “Hey bitch, we control your bodies,” he said, pausing to cackle. “Your body, our choice.” One source received a digitally created image of Trump anally raping Harris with the caption “Daddy’s Home.” Another circulated GIF depicts an anatomical drawing of a penis becoming erect, overlaid with the image of an eagle, which ejaculates stars from the American flag. No doubt there are people who’ve shared such imagery who would say they voted for gas prices.
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