"The roughly six months that have made up November this year have-it's fair to say-not been a high point for women, journalism, women in journalism, women with jobs, or anyone following the news. A quick recap: On Friday, Donald Trump said to a reporter on Air Force One, "Quiet. Quiet, Piggy," when she tried to complete the most basic requirement of her job by asking a question."
"Somehow, it all feels connected: the denigration of professionals doing their job, the fetishization of young women, the older men's blindness to their own abuse of power. I've felt, consuming the news with no little amount of nausea these past few weeks, like we're revisiting the same characters over and over, with no consequences and no forward momentum."
Multiple high-profile incidents in November exemplify hostile treatment of women in journalism and related fields. A reporter on Air Force One was taunted with "Quiet. Quiet, Piggy," while another was viciously scolded for asking about U.S. intelligence findings implicating the Saudi crown prince. A different reporter published a memoir excerpt romanticizing an older politician, provoking counterclaims from an ex. These events show a pattern of professionals being denigrated, young women being fetishized, and older men demonstrating blindness to abuses of power, producing a sense of repetition and stagnation with little accountability.
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