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Of misogyny, Musk, and men

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LZ Granderson: In the days before the election, I turned to TikTok to see what women were thinking.

He says the videos seemed to be representative of a record gender divide, clocked by pollsters at about 30 points nationally at the time.

LZ: Exit polls in 10 historic battleground states indicate that women favored Harris by 8 points overall.

The Trump campaign knew that men were his ticket back to power, and targeted them with a sophisticated campaign of grievance and disinformation.

In that, they were massively aided by the manosphere and its billionaire mascot: Elon Musk .

There can be no doubt that there is fertile ground for those who find prominence and profit in nurturing resentment of women.

About one-third of women now live in states with abortion bans.

Some young women began shaving their heads and embracing the South Korean feminist 4B movement.

Will the backlash, once the election’s consequences become fully apparent, help power a reckoning with misogyny and racism once more? Perhaps.

VR Score

70

Informative language

67

Neutral language

38

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

46

Offensive language

offensive

Hate speech

possibly hateful

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not detected

Known propaganda techniques

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short-lived

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