More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.
Appearing on Wednesday’s CBS This Morning, New Yorker writer Malcolm Gladwell warned the hosts that Hillary Clinton would be the victim of sexist attacks if she became president: “...if you look at previous examples of women who become the first head of state in their country, the examples are really a little bit sobering. It's not easy to be the first woman to take that. And so, if Hillary wins, I mean, my prediction is she's going to be in for a tough time...”
Gladwell cited the example of Australia’s first female prime minister Julia Gillard, who was elected in 2010 and served until 2013. He bemoaned: “...what happened to Gillard in Australia is very, very interesting. She gets elected, everyone says, ‘Wow, we final elected a woman.’ And there is this kind of backlash. It unleashes this kind of torrent of suppressed misogyny and abuse. You cannot imagine what she goes through...”