Typically, people on top of hierarchies believe they have the right to belittle and condemn anyone below them. Donald Trump as a hierarchical male again used his position as President to get away with harassing and name-calling toward women. And as typical, men on top of the gender hierarchy are not held accountable for their treatment of the women they place below them.
On Monday, acting like a typical hierarchical male, Trump lashed out at an ABC News reporter after she pressed him on his comments about controversial military strikes on alleged drug boats, marking the latest instance in recent weeks of the president criticizing a female journalist.
“Let me just tell you, you are an obnoxious – a terrible, actually a terrible reporter. And it’s always the same thing with you."
Previously, Trump shushed a Bloomberg News journalist by telling her, “Quiet, piggy.” On Truth Social Trump attacked a female New York Times reporter as “ugly, both inside and out.” On Thanksgiving Trump asked a CBS News correspondent if she was a “stupid person.”
Typical top-of-the-hierarchy tactics keep lower people in their place. And as also typical, those on top justify what they do and expect to not be held accountable for their actions toward lower groups.
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5639245-trump-lashes-abc-reporter/
