Political Misogyny Is Thriving Quite Nicely
By Carol Morgan
Make it stop. Please.
The last three days have been a wicked carnival of heinous comments about Wendy Davis and her biography. Theyre now calling it Trailergate, isnt that cute?
Look, theres no harm in discussing the cracks in her biography, but media politico-males have taken it to a dark level of shameless attacks, bordering on misogyny and harassment. The online comments that followed after the slut-shaming-language began were more horrible than you can imagine.
These gentlemen (what a misnomer!) remind me of pimply-faced junior high boys at the back of a classroom; taunting, bullying, snickering and giggling, and high-fiving, encouraging each other to ramp up the volume of audacity. It seemed to be some sort of he-man competition to determine who could make the most revolting statement. All of it was done at the expense of Wendy Davis and her family.
Read the article at Progress Texas about the top ten worst comments that Conservatives made about Wendy Davis:
http://progresstexas.org/blog/top-ten-worst-comments-made-conservatives-about-wendy-davis?akid=140.26731.-fuYrS&rd=1&t=2
More at
http://lubbockonline.com/interact/blog-post/carol-morgan/2014-01-23/political-misogyny-thriving-quite-nicely .