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Francis McInerney's avatar

The big problem is that these are not men. They are males, yes. But they never graduated to manhood. Just like all those January 6 males all gussied up in man drag, they have to fake it. And will never make it. Doug Wilson' comment on sex shows that whatever sex he's had, it can't have been very good....

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Susanna J. Sturgis's avatar

But they ARE men. XY-chromosome people. They don't have to "graduate" to manhood; all they have to do is live long enough. In patriarchal societies -- those that favor men as a group over women as a group -- mediocre men are regularly privileged over far more capable women. (Similarly, mediocre white people are regularly privileged over far more capable people of color.)

As an XX-chromosome person, I'm disgusted by the performance of women in the Trump administration, and in the Republican congressional caucus, but I can't deny that they, like me, are also XX-chromosome people, i.e., women.

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Francis McInerney's avatar

As an XY-chromosome person, I can assure you that males do have to "graduate" to manhood. It is a long, slow process. Not everyone makes it. Once you graduate, you can see women, literally, and all their value and intellect. My male friends are all graduates. We talk about this a lot. To us, the January 6 people are children and act like it. The XX-chromosome people in my life--wife, daughter, relatives, friends--all agree. The percent of XYs flunking out today is stupefying. There will be a huge cost to humanity if the graduation rate doesn't rise and rise fast.

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Colleen's avatar

A very mediocre”man”-and that is a generous description- was elected president, while a very bright, capable and skilled woman with character and Chuck Taylor’s

sadly was not.

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Leslie Goodman-Malamuth's avatar

When MAGA dies with Donald, these gals will be stuck with hard immobile MAGA faces. Your book, “The Trump Women” radicalized me—a whole chapter on high heels!—so I keep on recommending it.

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Jim Sanders's avatar

MAGA will not die with Donald. This sickness in our society has always been present.

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Leslie Goodman-Malamuth's avatar

We’ll be left with millions of mean, racist people regardless. Rizz-free JD cannot lead, or even follow very well.

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Lucian K. Truscott IV's avatar

This is why we need you.

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VEE LAVALLEE's avatar

Okay, so it's official is it? My body isn't mine, IF some man finds a use for it. Got it. You don't have the right to deny a man and if he rapes you because you wouldn't go along with this ideas then it's not rape? Got it. If you get pregnant because some lowlife jumped out of the bushes when you were returning home from choir practice, you must have his progeny. Got it. So I've got one, of many questions, but I'll settle for one. Are you "PROFESSIONAL" women okay with this attitude? Come on blondies speak up. I'm sure random strange men out there that take trump at is word will be waiting with bated breath to hear you say it's A-OK.

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Darcey Steinke's avatar

this is so great. you need to write a book!

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Nina Burleigh's avatar

I am!

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xaxnar's avatar

Incels - meet Lysistrata.

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Sara Scheuring's avatar

Aaaaand trump** is in the Epstein files.

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Susan Feiner's avatar

Bravo! Just so right on.

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Fzc's avatar

I disagree on this:

The bargain these women make with the sexual assaulter in chief is this: pretend that he and his men are actually protectors of women in exchange for personal gain and access to power.

After you and I broke ceilings, I saw women about 10 years younger than us come into the workplace take senior positions. BUT, unlike us, they assumed they could be at the table. Plus, they had given up doing the deep thinking and creativity that led us to opportunity.

These women thought their own talents got them there, which is only partly true. They discounted the reality that because you and I opened doors and insisted on diversity and supported other women, there was a "corporate" willingness to let women in.

I saw these younger women come in--and close the door behind them. THEY were the Big Girl at the table. Other women were allowed to hold lesser positions, but those senior level gals got to be the Big Girl. The popular girl with the guys.

It was a high school model. Big Girls were funny, attractive in a show-offy way, and smart (enough). They were also bullies, weird about sex, and not inclusive. These women especially didn't want other women to advance past them. JUST LIKE THE GUYS.

Men seemed to recognize the high school pattern and were comfortable with it. The system kept men at the table and usually at the top.

Progress stultified. After decades, we STILL have a pay gap, see the 2025 Pew Research. Women still have most responsibility for the household and the kids. Childcare is still insufficient. Men are still likely to be the "boss or manager."

So TrumpWorld Bitches are just high school queens. They are dis-evolved professional women who have willingly given the reins of power to men --lesser, stupid, felonious men--who are their bosses and who permit them to sit at the table as long as they obey.

Send all of them out to sea and start over.

I hope the next generation will get it better.

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Fzc's avatar

I disagree on this:

The bargain these women make with the sexual assaulter in chief is this: pretend that he and his men are actually protectors of women in exchange for personal gain and access to power.

After you and I broke ceilings, I saw women about 10 years younger than us come into the workplace take senior positions. BUT, unlike us, they assumed they could be at the table. Plus, they had given up doing the deep thinking and creativity that led us to opportunity.

These women thought their own talents got them there, which is only partly true. They discounted the reality that because you and I opened doors and insisted on diversity and supported other women, there was a "corporate" willingness to let women in.

I saw these younger women come in--and close the door behind them. THEY were the Big Girl at the table. Other women were allowed to hold lesser positions, but those senior level gals got to be the Big Girl. The popular girl with the guys.

It was a high school model. Big Girls were funny, attractive in a show-offy way, and smart (enough). They were also bullies, weird about sex, and not inclusive. These women especially didn't want other women to advance past them. JUST LIKE THE GUYS.

Men seemed to recognize the high school pattern and were comfortable with it. The system kept men at the table and usually at the top.

Progress stultified. After decades, we STILL have a pay gap, see the 2025 Pew Research. Women still have most responsibility for the household and the kids. Childcare is still insufficient. Men are still likely to be the "boss or manager."

So TrumpWorld Bitches are just high school queens. They are dis-evolved professional women who have willingly given the reins of power to men --lesser, stupid, felonious men--who are their bosses and who permit them to sit at the table as long as they obey.

Send all of them out to sea and start over.

I hope the next generation will get it better.

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Joanne Pfaff's avatar

Love your book

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Blandy Fisher's avatar

Behind every bluster of a Hegseth, Wilson, or Fuentes is a self-loathing, often gay male. Prove me wrong. If the younger males knew this (and learned to accept themselves) the movement would dissolve. As for the women, they are paying a price that will never be worth it.

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My Walk's avatar

Protector of women really means protecting themselves and women are only the props

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John Gorman's avatar

So first you tell us that we dont women to vote, then you complain about pwerful women in the cabinet. These arent window dressing appointments. These are POWEFUL women. Oh the good old days when conservatives were cool to the idea id powerful women. The left is now trying to kill womens advancement. The onlynpeople with dresses you like are men!

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Nina Burleigh's avatar

Did you read the article? I call them the most empowered women in America. The point is that they work for the most anti woman regime in recent history. They benefited from the gains achieved by the feminists and now they’re participating in a movement that includes men who say women should not work, or even vote. Read.

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Ramona McCluskey's avatar

He might not have graduated! Never bothered to read!

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Deborah Grace Steward's avatar

I believe this is an AI or a bot it is so poorly written.

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Susanna J. Sturgis's avatar

What power these women have derives entirely from their relationship with powerful men. This is not new. Women from the upper classes have often wielded considerable power through their husbands and sons. Most of these women seem to have been chosen for their malleability. In most cases, they don't know enough about their departments to exercise real power.

Contrast this with how the Trump administration treats experienced, competent women. Start with Erika McEntarfer, fired as director of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, or with the firing of retired admiral Lisa Franchetti from the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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Mona Gable's avatar

Excellent! Keep hammering away at these women in positions of power. They are the worst.

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