Kent_Mackem
Striker
Excellent post. It will be lost on the Clarkson followers sadly.I don’t think he would have used the same language about a man and I doubt many on here would have found it so amusing if he had. Meghan said she’d received abuse from the British press. I think suggesting she should be paraded down the street naked and pelted with excrement is pretty abusive. Makes you wonder how much of the rest of her claims are true. Certainly makes me and many other women more sympathetic towards her.
Any woman who is discussed on here always has her appearance judged first and some comment about how much people do or don’t find her attractive. Don’t often have similar comments about the men.
Most attacks and harassment suffered by women happen because they’re women. Men feel entitled to say things to women they don’t know and seem to think we should be flattered rather than annoyed. It’s “banter” rather than bullying or intimidation.
Not all attacks or criticism of women are misogynistic. Liz Truss was a dreadful PM. Suella Braverman has performed badly in all her cabinet jobs. Their appearances and gender are irrelevant.The men in the cabinet are equally useless but nobody usually criticises them for being unattractive or badly dressed. That’s the difference women face.