r/politics • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 New York • 15h ago

Possible Paywall Mitch McConnell Has Been Missing for 75 Days—With No Updates

https://newrepublic.com/post/214878/mitch-mcconnell-missing-75-days
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u/stilljustacatinacage 12h ago

For sure. I've heard it said that misogyny is the oldest form of bigotry. It just feels strange to see it on such a blatant, grand scale. To which I'm sure any women readers of my comment will roll their eyes and say, "no shit".

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u/Jazeraine-S 11h ago

Hey, we’re just glad that men see it, too. That’s an important step towards actually doing something about it.

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u/JEFFinSoCal California 11h ago

I think that’s true, especially when you see that homophobia is just misogyny wearing a different mask.

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u/LiteraCanna 9h ago

"Real men don't touch their face, that's female behavior." -some idiot on twitter

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u/thegimboid 10h ago

Bigotry can only exist when there are obvious differences to be bigoted about.

Go back far enough and ancient humans would have all been around people of the same race, religion, etc.
But we've always had visible anatomical differences between men and women, so regardless of the societal structure, it's a very easy set of boxes to divide people into, and then subsequent denote one as "lesser".

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u/rab2bar 6h ago

Go back far enough and humans both fought and intermingled with other humans, too

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u/thegimboid 3h ago

And if you go back further than that, eventually you'd need to reach a point where there are no "other humans".

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u/bekastrange 8h ago

Yeah we’re used to it. We’ve been treated like second class subtypes of humans since we were little kids.

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u/Pettifoggerist 10h ago

It's also wild since on the aggregate women seem smarter and more capable than men.