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Finally got around to watching the Monica Lewinsky TED Talk from TED2015 last night before I went to bed. (“TED2015: Where The Badges Actually Had Purpose.”) I’m going to say some things right now that might make me seem like I’m anti-female, so before I lay out my essential point, let me remind you of a couple of core facts about myself:
- I actually think women are far more crucial to society than men are, and you can say that after you toss out the pregnancy discussion.
- Most of my closest friends are women.
- I actually would love to be the stay-at-home and have my wife be the “empowered one,” personally. Wrote a little about that years ago.
- If it helps you to understand my inherent femininity, I saw 27 Dresses on opening weekend, and I did so by myself.
Alright. Hopefully by now you don’t think I’m some women-hating asshat or anything.
But are we really about to allow Monica Lewinsky to rebrand herself as some type of female/anti-shaming crusader? Please. Let’s not do that.
