Oh, I think you look no further than the “pussyhat” marches which began
Before Trump was even inaugurated. The “identity group” (if I can use that overused phrase) most galvanized by Trump’s election was women, without a doubt. #metoo was born out of that outrage, which would not have existed if Hillary won, which so many Hillary fans took as a given.
It’s not provable, as there’s no portal to an alternate universe where Hillary won, but I’m personally convinced of it. There’d been false starts over examples of abuse of women for decades. They always faded into the background in the past. The same outrage that fueled the pussyhats changed everything, and gave us sustained change. Overreach too, of course, but this time the movement had legs.
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Posted: 01/02/2024 at 12:23PM