Wearing pink pussy hats and vagina costumes while suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome isn’t helping the cause.
Via NY Post:
Merriam-Webster has named “feminism” its word of the year. The popular dictionary defines feminism as “the theory of the political, economic and social equality of the sexes” and the “organized activity on behalf of women’s rights and interests.” It was Merriam-Webster’s most-looked-up word in 2017, with searches spiking in concert with key events like the Women’s March and #MeToo, as well as when “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “Wonder Woman” were released.
Yet all of those occasions are moments where the movement itself fell noticeably flat this year:
The Women’s March, the feminist event dominating the first half of the year’s conversation, was simply a horde of women wearing pink “pussy” hats marching with crude signs. Female speakers, mostly Hollywood elites like Ashley Judd and Scarlett Johansson, ranted about how awful it might be if Republicans defunded Planned Parenthood and halted funding of their precious birth control.
It was clear the message wasn’t pro-women but anti-Trump. Some female-driven and ardently pro-feminist and pro-life groups were kicked out of the march because their political views didn’t align with the march’s progressive modus operandi.
The other feminist event of the year, the dynamic #MeToo movement, which likely spurred a large swath of the Merriam-Webster word searches, began as a result of a group of courageous women who wanted to stop sexual abuse and harassment at the hands of uber-powerful, crude and misogynist men. Women from all walks of life have named their abusers and demanded justice, in a powerful demonstration of how sickeningly far men will go to demean women but a heartening sign of change to come.
Unfortunately, in their quest for justice, the women of #MeToo and their male supporters have struggled to render it equally. Nancy Pelosi at first waffled on the allegations of sexual abuse from men like Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.). Ditto for Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Al Franken’s alleged misconduct. And as Gov. Cuomo showed, Bill Clinton is still a headlining act for Democrats with national aspirations.
HT: BCF