"Just ask E. Jean Carroll, Stormy Daniels or, god rest her soul on the golf course, Ivana Trump. Which is why, when Trump calmly, casually said, "Quiet. Quiet, piggy," to a female reporter who dared ask him about the Epstein files last week, the outrage was somewhere between "meh" and a mildly less tepid "that's sexist." And that was from other journalists - not a single politician, left or right, condemned it. Not one."
"The open disdain for women in general (despite or including his tolerance for sycophants such as Pam Bondi who survive by serving without question) is what researchers would classify as "hostile sexism" - a belief that women present a danger to men because they want to control them and therefore are deserving of scorn and anger. It's a trait that presents a risk to democracy because it's strongly tied to a willingness to condone"
President Trump frequently demeans and dehumanizes women, with examples including E. Jean Carroll, Stormy Daniels and Ivana Trump. A recent instance involved telling a female reporter, "Quiet. Quiet, piggy," after a question about the Epstein files, eliciting only tepid outrage from journalists and no public condemnation from politicians. Animal insults aimed at women serve to humiliate and normalize contempt. Researchers identify this pattern as "hostile sexism," defined as belief that women threaten male control and merit scorn. Hostile sexism correlates with acceptance of political violence and can function as a tactic to pick off groups and enable authoritarian consolidation.
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