Honest request to liberal & progressive men: please evaluate 1. how much more annoyed you become with female politicians as you experience greater exposure to them & 2. how the level of annoyance negatively correlates w/ how often you agree w/ them & how attracted you are to them
I will admit, to my shame, but for the public good, that *I* have enough internalized misogyny that *I* become more annoyed with female politicians the more they are in the public eye. It's not universal, but it happens. If I experience it, I know you men do too.
Men are allowed to be tough but charming in positions of power. Women are not. We perceive them as "not tough" and so when they act tough, we perceive them as cold. Then when they laugh, we perceive them as frivolous or calculated.
And, again, for the record, "I'm not annoyed with this female politician who perfectly reflects my individual ideology" or "I'm not annoyed with this female politician who happens to look like a movie star" are not impressive statements.
Whole articles were written about the specific acoustic and psychosocial effects that made Hillary Clinton's voice so annoying to the American public. All of these biases are still in play when it comes to Harris. Liberal men should examine them. 
I want liberal men to honestly ask yourselves how annoyed you were the first time you heard Harris laugh. I want you to compare that to how annoyed you are now. I bet you went from "mildly annoyed" to "very annoyed." Now I want you to ask if this has ever happened to you w/ a man
And, if you're a journalist or a pundit, I want you to now ask how this level of personal annoyance might affect your estimation of Harris's political talents.
As I have tried to note, I'm looking at women too, though I see it less from them in the media than I do from men. I also feel, anecdotally, that it's much more prevalent among white women
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