A GOP rep leveled a ‘reprehensible’ remark at AOC — and gender studies experts would like a word
Huffington Post: Karen 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.