That Chemaly is onto something crucial here was driven home by an article in the New York Times titled “ The ‘Tight Rope’ of Testifying While Female,” in which author Jessica Bennett notes how closely Blasey Ford hewed to the gender script demanded of women who “speak up (or speak at all).” Thus, while she sought to persuade the world of her truth by “maintaining ultimate composure,” Kavanaugh sought to persuade the world of his through a display of anger. ![]() As she writes, while anger in women is “openly reviled” and commonly associated with madness (at least in a Western context), where white men are concerned, “anger is often portrayed as justifiable and patriotic.” And thus, while sharply at odds with acceptable female behavior, “anger and masculinity are powerfully entwined and reinforce one another.” ![]() Read against this backdrop, Chemaly’s introductory discussion regarding the gendering of rage felt prophetic. Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony that she had been sexually assaulted by Judge (now Justice) Brett Kavanaugh. Cathy Cohen and Sarah Jackson on Black Lives Matterīy chance, I happened to begin reading Soroya Chemaly’s Rage Becomes Her on the day the nation was treated to a full-frontal display of white male anger in response to Dr.Michael Kimmel and Lisa Wade on Toxic Masculinity.Dolores Huerta and Rachel Rosenbloom on Gender and Immigrant Rights.MacKinnon and Durba Mitra on Sexual Harassment in the Age of #MeToo Cynthia Enloe, Agnieszka Graff, Ratna Kapur, and Suzanna Danuta Walters on Gender and the Rise of the Global Right.Soraya Chemaly Discusses Feminist Rage with Carla Kaplan and Durba Mitra.Deborah Anker Discusses Gender and US Asylum Law with Aziza Ahmed.Byllye Avery Discusses the Past and Future of Reproductive Justice with Susan Reverby.Eesha Pandit and Paula Moya Discuss Activism and the Academy with Carla Kaplan and Suzanna Walters.Patricia Williams Discusses Rage and Humor as an Act of Disobedience with Carla Kaplan and Durba Mitra.Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls. ![]() Visibility and Visuality: Reframing Gender in the Middle East, North Africa, and Their Diasporas.Feminist Scholarship through Four Decades.
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