Taylor Swift getting booedwas not the only moment of high-profile misogyny that came from the Super Bowl.
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Cause clearly you dont belong with me.
What you worried about him for and youre with me?
The point is that Smith couldnt seem to see Williams outside of her relationships with men.
What would Smiths commentary have been if Williams hadnt been married?
That she was just seeking male validation?
That she was a crazy ex-girlfriend?
Compare, also, Smiths comment about Williams tothe crowds boos for Taylor Swift.
So, the crowd was mad at Swift for supporting her boyfriend?
What would people have said if she was supporting the Eagles, her own hometown team?
Would Stephen A. Smith threaten to hypothetically leave her ass as well?
And not just the boos, but the reactions to the boos.
On social media, commenters wrote that she deserved the hate, thatpeople are tired of her, etc.
EvenTrump reposted the video.
(Notably,Serena Williams tweeted a message of supportfor the pop star in real time.)
Its not that anyone expected the Super Bowl to represent a bastion of enlightened feminist thought.
But many of us didnt expect the anti-woman vitriol to be this blatant.
Or, in more academic terms, soregressive.
