The historic hearings held last week for the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court made plain the virulent misogyny leveled at women—especially women of color, and Black women in particular—who dare aspire to positions of power in the public sphere.
Author: Bonnie Stabile
Bonnie Stabile, Ph.D., is associate professor and associate dean for student and academic affairs at the Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University, where she founded and directs the Gender and Policy Center. You can follow her on Twitter @bstabile1.
Rape Rhetoric and Russia’s War on Ukraine
As in the case of many an abusive ex-partner, Putin has threateningly hovered and glowered over Ukraine since the country declared itself independent in 1991.
This playbook of bullying and domination is well known to those who study sexual and interpersonal violence, with parallels both implicit and explicit. For years, witnesses have stood on the sidelines while Putin raged and menaced.