Misogyny is like so many things in life, there are different strains and levels of it. Think of it as an element in wine, for example. Some wines might have a hint of misogny in the bouquet while other wines have a strong misogynistic note. This clip of Jesse Waters is 180 proof misogyny. This is *masculinity* at its absolute worse. This is back to the cave time. On any normal network Watters would be fired on the spot for this. But he’ll probably get a promotion and a raise seeing as how this is Fox News.
He's such a freak. Didn't think it was possible, but Fox reached a new low with Jesse Watters.
— eg46 (@egoldstein) August 26, 2024
This comment of Watters reduces everybody in his hypothetical. That’s the part that he doesn’t see. It reduces generals (who are usually male, let’s face it) down to brute strength and genitalia and it reduces women down to victims of male brute strength and genitalia. And yes, technically and literally, all men could go out tomorrow and decide to overpower and rape all women that they came across. That would not be masculine superiority, rather it would be madness and chaos.
You can tell from Watters’ smirk exactly how he meant the remark. Yeah, I suppose that the generals, who took an oath to uphold the Constitution could rape the Commander in Chief. As a matter of fact, they could have already raped the Commander in Chief if they wanted to. But so far that role has only been held by a male.
What Watters is telegraphing to Harris is that she’s above her station in life — and that’s true whether he meant the comment in a sexual way, as the term “have their way” is commonly understood or if he meant it as rolling over Kamala simply because she’s a woman.
True story now: I was in law school and on occasion each study group had to give a presentation. So my group was up and since I had been elected captain of the group, I led the discussion. I asked a male colleague to please draw a straight line on the board. He just stood there frozen. He would not do it. It was a weird and awkward moment. So I said, “Okay, I’ll do it myself,” and proceeded to pick up the chalk and draw the straight line.
The purpose of the line was to illustrate the concept of comparative negligence, as I recall, with different points on the line being the law in different states. But most of that night was a blur because I couldn’t believe that this guy copped this attitude. And I had to see it for what it was, which was pure misgnyny. There was no escaping it and I was blown away.
Fast forward to the next day: The guy who embarrassed us all publicly, but himself and me, primarily, was shamed by the other four study group members, three guys and one gal, into apologizing to me because they were all disgusted by his behavior. “All she did was ask you to draw a fucking line on the board, man,” said a retired cop in his 40’s who was going to night law school as a second career. And true enough, that was all I had asked. But the way this guy was wired, a woman didn’t tell him to do one goddamn thing, ever. Women were second class citizens. They were not in charge — even though the group had voted me to be in charge, which was also pointed out to the guy.
And I could regale you with other anecdotes from my life that echo this, but the fact is, in the scenario I’m recounting and in a lot of life, the work and responsibility would frequently get given to a woman but when it came to giving a woman authority to call a shot or two — oh, wait a minute now. Somehow *authority* is a strictly male purview.
Jesse Watters isn’t fit to smell Kamala Harris’s shit. That’s a fact. But he’s able to sit there and make his smirking comments because he’s a *male* and that makes him superior by *nature* meaning literally the law of the jungle. The guy with the biggest fists wins. And that is the refuge of all misogynists, that they are ultimately superior beings because push comes to shove they can brutalize a woman easier than a woman can brutalize them.
Jesse Watters could not do any of the jobs that Kamala Harris has done competently and well. There is no way Jesse Watters could be a prosecuting attorney, an attorney general or a United States senator or vice president. All Jesse Watters can do is sit in front of a camera and make sociopathic comments for shock effect, like his pal Tucker Carlson before him.
And look where Carlson ended up. Plenty of money, yes. He was born to money. But does he command peoples’ respect? Hell, no. Vladimir Putin kept him waiting for two hours before their *interview* and talked down to him the entire time. Carlson is a spineless shill and a useful idiot. That’s it. So is Jesse Waters. Nobody respects these guys. They’re trained monkeys. They perform on TV, get a lot of peanuts, but at the end of the day they’re not going to be remembered in the same breath as Walter Cronkite, as an example.
And Watters comment tonight carried an inherent threat to Harris in it. The threat is: “Don’t go gettin’ above your station in life, Missy, because you’re only a woman. And at the end of the day all the generals, or any guy, can have their way with you.”
I don’t subscribe to cable because the cable package included Fox News and I will not pay for Fox News. I get my news from HBO Max, which carries CNN. That’s plenty good enough for me. I can live without the other networks. I will not support Fox News. Getting CNN via Max is the compromise I make in order to not have to subsidize a network whose views I do not subscribe to one iota.
Maybe we should get a boycott going and show Watters the power of the purse. This may be one wisecrack that Watters ends up wishing he hadn’t made.
As much as I loathed her, I would love for the ghost of Margaret Thatcher to show Jesse just how potent a female leader could be. Or the late Golda Meir. Hell, put him up against Angela Merkel. Watters would “water” his pants if he had to face any of them.
What a pompous assclown. The women I really feel for are his wife and daughters if he has any. Undeserved self importance reeks from pissants like him. Of course let’s remember he worships a serial sexual predator.
Jesse Watters had 2 daughters with his first wife. While still married to her, he had an affair with a young producer on his show and that caused his divorce. He married the young producer and now has a third daughter and a son! The kicker is his story of how he got the young producer to start an affair with him. He tells the story on his show (thereby embarrassing both the first wife he was still married to and the second wife he belittled with how easily she fell for his “charms”), that he flattened the young producers tires and then asked her if she needed a ride. He claims she “hopped right into his car,” like any good damsel-in-distress who isn’t smart enough to be afraid of her stalker! That isn’t me shaming the women…that was all him and I hope his daughters (and son) can overcome the POS that sired them!
Wow. I read that and immediately reached (I was thinking “leapt to” but it really wasn’t hard to get there) the same impression as Jenine Piro (hateful woman that she is) and you. For him to use that terminology, how could we not? Outrageous!
Also that anecdote you gave re the chalk line: another “wow” moment, and then some. I experience it quite often: I go to the gym 3 times a week and I lift weights. I won’t say I’m especially strong, but I’m not exactly weak either. How many times have men outside of the gym looked at me and offered to lift heavy items? Too many. I always take the time to explain I lift weights, so could more than likely lift whatever it is they think they need to lift for me. Assumptions. What does assume do? It makes an ass out of u and me. 🙃
As for Margaret Thatcher – strong and scary. But she had to be. I don’t agree with all of her policies, but she did a damn fine job of breaking the glass ceiling for women (especially in the UK). We’ve had 2 female priministers since (if you count Truss – ugh, I wish we didn’t), and do you think they had to deal with the likes of Watters? Probably. 😑
Not sure a boycott would be effective and only give the clown more attention.
Besides, those of us who read this blog aren’t the Faux News demographic.
Their target viewer was probably chuckling at how witty Watters was.
Ursula, I suggest you visit YouTube for clips from other news outlets, eg MSNBC, PBS, CBS etc. There’s always a huge array on tap and most clips are under 15 minutes, long enough to give info and short enough to fit between commercials. There are also plenty from non-mainstream sources and non-American ones too, for some outside views.
“And yes, technically and literally, all men could go out tomorrow and decide to overpower and rape all women that they came across.”
Technically, definitely. Literally – there are enough who couldnn’t that Viagra was invented.
Also, I shoud mention that, in the military, one learns very quickly to respect the office even if you don’t respect the oficer. By the time one becomes a general officer, and being the kind of person whogets promoted to being a general officer, that is so embedded that it is second nature.
If any gereal officers heard this, they may well be as horrified as we are,not at the misogyny, but at the thought of any. let alone all, of the Joint Chiefs disrespecting the Commander in Chief.
I thought Carlson was a horrific little POS, but anytime I’ve been unfortunate enough to hear Watters, it seems like he’s far worse. Didn’t think that was possible. What sewer do they find these guys in? Can we send them back and lock them in?
The sewers aren’t about to let them back in!