Normalizing Entitlement: How Ordinary Moments Sustain Extraordinary Disrespect

Normalizing Entitlement: How Ordinary Moments Sustain Extraordinary Disrespect

Over the course of three days, three very different public moments involving Kristen Welker, Cardi B, Donald Trump, Charles Barkley and Jon Stewart left me thinking about the cultural permissions our society grants men—and the expectations it places on women. The incidents were not identical, nor should they be treated as such. Yet each revealed a familiar dynamic: a woman doing her job became the target of insults, objectification, condescensio…