In hierarchies, violence has always been a primary means to control lower groups.
Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is a perfect example of how hierarchical men view violence against women: as an option and a joke.
He joked at a Saturday night event that it "will be hard not to hit" House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with the speaker's gavel if Republicans take control of the chamber in the 2022 midterms and he becomes speaker.
We all can surmise that he would not have said that if Nancy Pelosi were a male.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/01/politics/kevin-mccarthy-nancy-pelosi-gavel/index.html
