In this op-ed, Featured Director Brittney McNamara examines the loud misogyny that spread online following Trump’s re-election.

Donald Trump, a convicted felon found liable for sexual assault, was elected to his second term, and before the election was even called, misogynists began boldly proclaiming their hatred of women online.

White supremacist Nicholas Fuentes wrote: “Your body, my choice. Forever,” on X on November 5, a misogynistic rallying cry that has spread like wildfire among young men online. He spread the idea in a video saying, “Hey bitch, we control your body. Guess what? Boys win again, men win again, and yes, we control your bodies,” as part of a gleeful anti-woman rant. An And Andrew Tate, a manosphere influencer and self-proclaimed misogynist, has, as expected, shed a tear at X after Trump’s election.

“I saw a woman crossing the road today, but I just stayed on the ground. Right of way? You no longer have any rights,” he wrote in a message. “The men are in charge again,” he said in another. And in a repost from a woman who says she is “asking for a president who is not a rapist,” Tate wrote “REQUEST DENIED.” These are just a few of Tate’s misogynistic, racist, homophobic and downright hateful posts.

And these are just some of the blatant anti-female posts flooding the internet since Trump’s election. In addition to overt misogyny, WIRED reported on the many violent and bigoted posts celebrating Trump’s victory, citing posts calling for “rape squads,” talking about “locking all gays in camps,” enjoying ‘white power’ and threatening Trump’s opposition.

It’s no surprise that people hate women. It’s evident at every level of our society, from the prevalence of sexual violence, to the wage gap, to the dismissal of women’s pain, to the lack of women in top positions, to the fact that we’ve never had a woman. in the Oval Office. Misogynoir is especially common: Black women face more violence, earn less money on average than their white counterparts, hold fewer positions of power, face higher maternal mortality rates, and much more. And that these Trump supporters harbor particular vitriol for women is no surprise, given the prevalence of misogyny, both during Trump’s own campaign and among his supporters during that campaign.