The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to abortion is high, as is homophobia and anti-gay legislation and national policy.
The verdict was split: Jurors rejected Carroll’s claim that she was raped, finding Trump responsible for a lesser degree of sexual abuse. The judgment adds to Trump’s legal woes and offers vindication to Carroll, whose allegations had been mocked and dismissed by Trump for years.
AP News
“They let you do it. You can do anything. Grab ’em by the pussy.”
Vox
Nick Fuentes, the 26-year-old white nationalist, former YouTuber, and onetime Trump dinner companion, went on a particularly unhinged rant. “Hey, bitch, we control your bodies,” he said, pausing to cackle. “Your body, our choice.”
Trump assured voters that he would veto a national ban. His running mate, J. D. Vance, a Catholic convert who once said that he would like to see abortion be illegal nationwide, voiced support for access to abortion pills. Down-ballot Republicans got the message: in two dozen closely contested House races, almost all the G.O.P. candidates said that abortion was an issue for the states, not the federal government. Trump’s electoral wins include states where voters also supported ballot measures to reinstate or reaffirm abortion rights.
The New Yorker
When former President Donald Trump proclaimed that he will “protect” women “whether the women like it or not,” he was not appealing to female voters. He was betting that enough male voters yearn to return to the male dominance era of the 1950s to elect him president.
The Hill
The specter of a second Trump term and a Republican-controlled Congress brings with it not just the threat but the near certainty of a deepened assault on the freedoms and dignity of women and girls across the nation and the world. Their track record isn’t hidden; it’s a chilling blueprint of what’s to come — a relentless onslaught against women’s autonomy, safety, and equality.
Indivisible
The reckless agenda of bigotry being propelled by MAGA Republicans is a stain on this country,” said Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson. “Rather than do the work of representing the American people, they continue to peddle transphobia and hate to appeal to the right wing fringes of their voter base and distract from their failures.
Human Rights Campaign
Gay Republicans like George Santos want to deny it, but hating gays is part of the MAGA package, the seething resentment that they have for everyone and everything that has eaten away at their hegemony.
Rolling Stone
