Misogyny

 I read this article in The Atlantic, and I was struck by this definition of misogyny:

If sexism is based on the belief that men are inherently superior to women, misogyny, Manne writes, especially targets “unbecoming women—traitors to the cause of gender—bad women, and ‘wayward’ ones.”

What do you do with a disrespectful woman, a wayward one? Punish her, dehumanize her as an example everyone can learn from. What do you do with a woman who seeks authority for herself? Remind her of her place. 

The author never mentions Hillary Clinton or Kamala Harris, but that's the immediate example I thought of. I hesitated to use the word misogyny, because I doubt that the white women or many of the men who voted for Trump, then Biden, then Trump would have defined themselves that way.

Donald Trump is the personification of sexism and misogyny. He won his two races against women who "sought authority for herself" and in fact authority over the country. Their unforgivable sin was the ambition to lead, in a country where many people - including some women - don't believe that women should do that.

Donald Trump is unpopular. He was unpopular in 2018, too. I am convinced that if the Democrats had run a man, Trump would have lost. This is an articulation of why.