Will Republican women, men stand against misogyny? | Opinion

August 3, 2020

…. in the political sphere, dismissing women, feeling comfortable ridiculing and diminishing them, abusing them verbally, has been going on for a long time, violating any sane standard for acceptable behavior. But now, what may have once been thought, even ‘uttered under the breath,’ as they say, is out in the open — and abundant in social media. It’s despicable, abhorrent.

Opinion by Linda Stamato, NJ.com, August 2, 2020

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