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Misogyny Has Gone Mainstream. What Can be Done?

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It is nighttime, and a young woman surrounded by protesters is holding up a rainbow-colored cardboard sign on which she has written in English: "Girls just wanna have fundamental human rights!" in Poitiers in the Vienne department, in west-central France, on November 25, 2025. (Jean-François FORT/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)

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The president calling female reporters “piggy”, “stupid” and “ugly.” Claims that liberal feminism has ruined the workplace. The manosphere. Despite the #MeToo movement, protests featuring pussy hats, and political and cultural efforts to call the patriarchy to account, misogyny feels like it’s going strong in 2025. But why? We gather a panel of thinkers and leaders to talk about how misogyny has become mainstream and what can be done about it.

Guests:

Roxane Gay, scholar and author; her books include "Difficult Women," "Hunger" and "Bad Feminist"

Irin Carmon, senior correspondent, New York magazine

Savala Nolan, executive director, Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice, Berkeley Law

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