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MAGA's Misogyny

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What A Day

News, Daily News

4.612.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

You may have noticed that misogyny seems to be everywhere right now, especially online. As American women continue to move further to the political left, men on the American Right appear to have responded by losing their minds completely. Helen Lewis, a staff writer for the Atlantic, coined a term for these kinds of people. She calls them "masculinists." And she argues that "masculinism" has become a bonding agent for the American right wing that can paper over other divides. Helen joins the show to discuss her article, "The Men Who Want Women to Be Quiet."

And in headlines, what we do and don't know about Trump's alleged Iran deal, Tulsi Gabbard resigns as National Intelligence Director, and Pro-Palestine Activist Mahmoud Khalil takes his deportation case to the Supreme Court.

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0:00.0

It's Tuesday, May 26th. I'm Jane Koston. This is what a day. Show that is not whimsy-maxing,

0:08.7

partly because I don't know what that would require me to do, partly because I do not want to.

0:17.5

On today's show, a lot happened over the holiday weekend.

0:25.4

We'll tell you what we do and don't know about President Donald Trump's alleged Iran deal.

0:28.8

And Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, resigns.

0:30.9

But let's start with misogyny.

0:36.0

You may have noticed that misogyny is kind of everywhere right now, especially online.

0:39.0

As American women continue to move further to the political left while gaining economic and cultural independence, men in the American right appear to have

0:43.7

responded by losing their minds completely. For example, this is Doug Wilson. He's a pastor in

0:48.7

Moscow, Idaho, with close ties to Secretary of Defense slash little boy Pete Heggseth.

0:54.1

Hegsef even invited him to lead a Pentagon worship service back in February.

0:58.4

And boy, does Doug Wilson have a lot of fun views on the role of women in the world.

1:02.6

Here he is speaking to CNN's Pamela Brown last summer.

1:05.5

What role do you think women play in society?

1:08.7

Women are the kind of people that people come out of. So you just think they're

1:13.5

meant to have babies. That's it. They're just a vessel. No, it doesn't take any talent to simply

1:18.4

reproduce biologically. The wife and mother, who is the chief executive of the home, is entrusted

1:24.9

with three or four or five eternal souls. In other words, I'm not a person.

1:31.2

I am a person production vehicle. Fun. Then there's Scott Yanner, who has said that women today are

1:37.2

quote, medicated, meddlesome and cruelsome. And Helen Andrews, a conservative writer who argues

1:42.3

that the quote, feminization of the workplace has ruined everything.

1:46.0

Two more people to not invite to your next house party.

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