Take a moment and really think about the Republican imagination of the ideal woman. What does she look like? She’s modest. She’s wearing jeans or pants. A shirt, a blouse, maybe a dress. Nothing too revealing. She doesn’t draw attention to herself. She can speak her mind — especially to stand up for her family — but for the most part, she follows the lead of her husband. She’s not loud or abrasive. Certainly not aggressive. She’s a homemaker. She’s pretty — but not overly sexual, and especially not in public. Above all, she is legible within a moral order … Continue reading The “Reality” of the Trump Symbolic Universe