The tragic death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran’s morality police.
The suffocation of women’s rights in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s return to power.
The rise ofalpha male mega-influencer and alleged sex trafficker Andrew Tate.
Need I go on?
Simply put, last year was a banner one for assholes and an objectively wretched one for women.
And the forecast for this year is shaping up to be similarly bleak.
She says people, you know, politicians or something are not in their prime, Lemon said.
Nikki Haley isnt in her prime, sorry.
A woman is considered to be in their prime in her 20s and 30s and maybe 40s.
Prime for what exactly?
An extended stay at a luxury villa in the Maldives?
The world may never know.
When asked to elaborate, Lemon simply told his puzzled female cohosts to google it.
Its worth noting that Lemon isnt citing anything resembling factjust archaic biological clock nonsense.
Superficially, it sounds like a national news anchor demeaning a female politician.
(Haley isnt totally innocent however.
Republicans love to fuel the narrative that Biden is too senile to serve.)
And soon you’re Chelsea Handler, Kellyranted.
And it’s actually not her fault.
She’s been lied to by a country that has lost its way.
Woods later apologized for the immature prank between friends, but the implication was clear.
It’s a familiar and frustrating pattern.
Woods delivered a quick mea culpa for his boyish joke between friends, then promptly moved on.
Even the prolific misogynist Andrew Tate occasionallyclaimed to be a feministby virtue of having helped women make money.
Misogyny isnt just a psychological issue that lurks in the hearts and minds of bad men.
Its a system in which nearly everyone is culpable, consciously or unconsciously.
Misogyny isnt just apsychological issuethat lurks in the hearts and minds of bad men.
Respond too loudly or emotionally and you’ll probably be dismissed as shrill.
Do it too frequently and you’ll be labeled an alarmist.
All of it matters, and all of it warrants outrage.
Hanna Lustig isGlamour’s staff writer.
