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A year after the most openly misogynist presidential candidate in modern U.S. history defeated, for the second time, an ultracompetent woman and brought a politics of unabashed male dominance to the White House and country writ large, it can feel like something of a quaint throwback to remark on why it’s important to have women in positions of power.

The man sitting behind the Resolute Desk recently snapped “Quiet! Quiet, piggy” at a female reporter after she asked him about his refusal to release the Epstein Files , simply the latest in his career-long impulse to hurl sexist insults at women who challenge or question him. His secretary of defense has tweeted a

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