Dueling charges of misogyny from the left and the
right have become a depressingly regular media circus—one that,
regardless of the real issues, is mostly about moral posturing and
political point-scoring. Conservatives accuse liberals of ignoring
and condoning sexist slurs against right-wing women. Liberals
accuse conservatives of ignoring and condoning sexism except when
it’s directed at conservative women and can be used as a weapon
against the left. As Cathy Young argues, both sides are feeding a
toxic obsession with women-as-victims and promoting a sexism of
special treatment rather than equality.