Tucker Carlson Blames Higher-Earning Women For 'Men In Decline'
Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Wednesday lamented about what his show’s chyron described as “men in decline.” During one segment, he claimed there was “more drug and alcohol abuse” and “higher incarceration rates” in areas where women earn more money than their male counterparts.
Carlson — whose show lost sponsors in December after he said immigrants make America “dirtier” ― proclaimed “all that remained in many places” following the decline of “manufacturing and male-dominated” industry were the schools and hospitals that “traditionally” employ women, which meant that “in many areas, women suddenly made more than men.”
But rather than applaud it as “a victory for feminism,” Carlson asked viewers to “consider some of the effects.” He then cited unnamed studies that claimed women “generally don’t want to marry” men who earn less than them.
“Over big populations this causes a drop in marriage, a spike in out-of-wedlock births and all the familiar disasters that inevitably follow. More drug and alcohol abuse, higher incarceration rates, fewer families formed in the next generation,” he added in the clip shared online by Media Matters:
Carlson’s comments sparked ire on Twitter:
@JennyCraig Please cease advertising on the Tucker Carlson show. He continues to advocate for outmoded ideas that are used to repress women.Throughout history,women have fought and struggled for the right to vote, to be paid equal wages and not be victimized.
— joan 🌹 (@jbinnie7) January 3, 2019
Yea @TuckerCarlson the real problem with society is empowered women. https://t.co/NZIke6GVWK
— Sherron Meinert (@sherron_meinert) January 3, 2019
Tucker Carlson is a misogynist afraid of economically secure women who can't be dominated by cash https://t.co/3JIjzudNQS
— Scott D AKA CaptainCanuk (@kelownascott) January 3, 2019
Holy blazing shitballs. I have heard it all. They don’t want to listen to scientists on global warming...but by God, those women making more money than a man is a disaster to society 🙄🤦🏼♀️ I can’t with these people anymore...@TuckerCarlson kick rocks, you misogynistic windbag. https://t.co/I3dm8tS18h
— S (@StephanieSaxto2) January 3, 2019
Here’s a clip of deplorable @TuckerCarlson talking about how women becoming successful is bad for society. pic.twitter.com/8kDnpzXYMZ
— The Resistance (@NightlyPolitics) January 3, 2019
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