2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumUm, is "such a nasty woman" code for "bitch" when you are on TV?
It seems to me that this is the age old response that some men resort to when they encounter a smart, prepared, strong, assertive woman who refuses to be a doormat or dumb-down to make insecure men feel better. Like on the tip of his tongue was "bitch" but since he couldn't' say that he mutters "such a nasty woman" instead.
I am just thinking out loud here but no doubt this applies. And, what's more, I imagine that women who were part of the suffragette and suffragist movements were called names like this and worse.
It is the same chauvinistic and bullying attitude that women have dealt with throughout history. Not to mention Donald speaks with a forked tongue as he says, "nobody respects women more than me, nobody" while simultaneously insulting the woman standing on stage debating him.
As if it was not awful enough that, by some unknown miraculous revelation, the Billy Bush Bus tape led us in this election cycle to the issue of "grab them by the pussy" aka sexual assault which is appalling to the majority of women and triggering for many women who have been sexually assaulted throughout their lives. And, by the way, boys and men have also experienced sexual assault. There is more to delve into but I'll stop there due to time and space limitations.
AmericanActivist
(1,019 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,647 posts)AmericanActivist
(1,019 posts)terrific moment there on the film.
Wounded Bear
(58,647 posts)Loving the ladies owning the "Nasty Woman" meme.
Still can't get over the one scene from that movie, where the girl looks in the mirror and sees the back of her own head. Gives me the willies just thinking about it.