Political Science’s Karen Beckwith shares thoughts on interruption of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

A GOP rep leveled a ‘reprehensible’ remark at AOC — and gender studies experts would like a word

Huffington PostKaren Beckwith, the Flora Stone Mather Professor in the Department of Political Science at the College of Arts and Sciences, criticized Rep. Randy Weber’s interruption of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as “reprehensible” but typical, noting congressional speech is “highly gendered” and men are more likely to interrupt and disparage women—a pattern especially evident in hearings.