At a recent House hearing Rep. Nancy Mace demanded that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz answer her question, “What is a ‘woman’?… Do you know what a ‘woman’ is?”
Reactionary authoritarians think that ‘define woman’ is a gotcha question that trips up their Democratic opposition.
Nancy Mace and her regressive Republican allies have already defined ‘woman’ for us.
A woman is someone who does the same job as a man, but is paid less.
A woman is someone who does not have the final say in their own health care.
A woman is someone who is sexually abused by a man, and the man is protected.
‘Define woman’ is a Republican tactic meant to make a political football of transgender issues, but it opens the subject of Republican misogyny as a core MAGA belief to be put into policy.
When asked to define ‘woman’, Democrats need to do a little political jiu jitsu: Republicans have already defined ‘woman’ for us. Thanks to MAGA Republican policies, woman is a second class citizen for whom there is no justice.
Thanks and a tip of the hat to Gage Skidmore for the image.
