Singer/songwriter Cardi B has confessed that she used to drug and rob men who were interested in her sexually after bringing them to hotels. She's responded to criticism for this by saying the men were "willing" and "aware."
Christina Hoff Sommers tweets:
If a male pop star confessed to these kinds of crimes against women, then defended himself by vaguely making it sound like the women really wanted it or were asking for it, his career would be over.
Or it would at least be reported by the New York Times, which Cardi B's comments haven't been. (The Times does report on alleged abuse of women by male singers, like Ryan Adams, and has even seen fit to print stories about a teenage boy who smiled the wrong way.)
The way society has this muted response to the worst kinds of abuse of men by women is doubly sexist: (1) obviously sexist against men by not caring about them being wronged, but also (2) insidiously sexist against women because of the implication, “She’s just a girl — surely she couldn’t have done that much harm . . .”
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