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sheshe2

(83,791 posts)
Tue Sep 26, 2017, 02:19 PM Sep 2017

Why We Shouldnt Ignore The Misogyny In Trumps NFL Comments



Trump’s comments calling athletes like Colin Kaepernick a “son of a bitch” for protesting the national anthem have rightfully provoked outrage and more protest among athletes nationwide. On the surface, his comments are a slap in the face to athletes protesting the oppression of people of color in the United States and those in solidarity with them. Also on the surface, however, is the same misogyny we’ve seen Trump spew time and time again. Trump’s “son of a bitch” comment may have been directed at men like Kaepernick, but it displays his disrespect toward the mothers that raised these protesting athletes, the female athletes who have also been protesting, and the black women who have been killed or assaulted by police.

“Son of a bitch” isn’t just some phrase used by angry dudes in film. It’s a way of insulting a man, but at its underbelly, is an insult towards women. It implies that the man addressed is cowardly but the heart of this cowardliness exists in the woman that raised him – the “bitch” who could not parent because she was too promiscuous. Similarly, Trump’s “son of a bitch” comment implies an attack on protesting male athletes, but at its heart is an attack on women who have raised sons to stand up against oppression. People shouldn’t be clapping when our president manages to belittle black men and black mothers in the same sentence.

Protest doesn’t just concern male athletes either. “Sons” aren’t the only ones taking the knee. Trump’s comments show that he fails to understand the intersection between protesting police brutality and feminism. Rejecting police brutality against black people means rejecting rights for black women, or rejecting feminism. Feminism involves respect of the female body. This respect includes protecting the female body from police brutality, and allowing the female body to protest against police brutality.

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Read More:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/why-we-shouldnt-ignore-the-misogyny-in-trumps-nfl_us_59c9e867e4b08d661550457b?section=us_women

He is a racist sexist pig, just like his supporters.
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Why We Shouldnt Ignore The Misogyny In Trumps NFL Comments (Original Post) sheshe2 Sep 2017 OP
Post removed Post removed Sep 2017 #1
He literally called them "sons of bitches". Jamaal510 Sep 2017 #5
It's because patriarchy has supplied it with so few male pejoratives Warpy Sep 2017 #6
The analysis is sound but it's not accurate PJMcK Sep 2017 #2
Heard a couple of mothers use the term "son of a bitch" to insult their child johnsonsnap Sep 2017 #4
My mom called me an SOB on more than one occasion jberryhill Sep 2017 #7
just like his supporters HAB911 Sep 2017 #3

Response to sheshe2 (Original post)

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
5. He literally called them "sons of bitches".
Tue Sep 26, 2017, 03:51 PM
Sep 2017

I don't understand how that doesn't count as an insult to their mothers, in addition to the players.

Warpy

(111,276 posts)
6. It's because patriarchy has supplied it with so few male pejoratives
Tue Sep 26, 2017, 03:56 PM
Sep 2017

Saying his mother came from a kennel is saying he's a dog, himself, or the product of bestiality with a dog. It has nothing to do with a living woman. You might want to look some of this stuff up.

Perhaps you'll have better luck expunging the English language of all perjoratives and have better success with it than we had getting rid of the "n word" and other hard fighting racist pejoratives. I doubt it.

Unless you want a life of utter frustration as you pursue linguistic purity, I suggest you find another windmill to tilt at.

You have read Cervantes, right?

PJMcK

(22,037 posts)
2. The analysis is sound but it's not accurate
Tue Sep 26, 2017, 03:02 PM
Sep 2017

There is too much subtlety in the dissection of the expression "son of a bitch." Trump doesn't comprehend nuance. There is too much complexity for Trump's mind to understand in this column Besides, he'd have to read it.

Simply, Trump hates everyone who isn't him, (and maybe Ivanka).

 

johnsonsnap

(56 posts)
4. Heard a couple of mothers use the term "son of a bitch" to insult their child
Tue Sep 26, 2017, 03:17 PM
Sep 2017

They just didn't get the irony of the statement. I don't think that term any longer means a literal "son of," but instead stupid people have changed the definition just as hateful people attacking dictionaries have ruined words like decimate with their lies. They lie about the meaning so much that dictionaries, that record common usage rather than correct usage, are force to publish lies.

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