WOMEN WILL BE TARGETS

Strange as this might be to say of the only American president found legally liable for sexual abuse, the only leader of the free world accused of dangling a TV gig in front of a porn performer seemingly as an enticement for sex, the only commander in chief to publicly denigrate the sexual attractiveness of both Heidi Klum ("no longer a 10") and Angelina Jolie ("not a great beauty"), I don't believe Donald Trump hates women. Not by default, anyway. "When it comes to the women who are not only dutifully but lovingly catering to his desires," the philosopher Kate Manne wrote in her 2017 book, Down Girl, "what's to hate?"

- Sophie Gilbert

The misogyny that Trump embodies and champions is less about loathing underscoring his than enforcement: requirement that women look and behave a certain way, that we comply with his desires and submit to our required social function. The more than 25 women who have accused Trump of sexual assault or misconduct (which he has denied), and the countless more who have endured public vitriol and threats to their life after being targeted by him, have all been punished either for challenging him or for denying him what he fundamentally believed was his due.