I have never once in my life derided someone as a "man-milliner". "Whoreson cullionly barbermonger", yes. "Man-milliner", no. And I've congregated with some very fancy men in my time.
This lament was spurred by a cursory consultation of Richard Hofstadter's Anti-Intellectualism in American Life, which, you've no doubt noticed, is linked *on this very page* and must be considered essential reading as we merrily observe the complete erosion of rational discourse in this country. But while I share many of Hofstadter's complaints, I can't help but endorse the views of Horace Bushnell as they pertain to bitch suffrage. Hofstadter elucidates his astute notions thusly:
"Horace Bushnell suggested that if women got the vote and kept it for hundreds of years, 'the very look and temperament of women will be altered.' The appearance of women would be sharp, their bodies wiry, their voices shrill, their actions angular and abrupt, and full of self-assertion, will, boldness, and eagerness for place and power. It could also be expected that in this nightmare of female assertion women would actually 'change type physiologically, they will become taller and more brawny, and get bigger hands and feet, and a heavier weight of brain,' and would very likely become 'thinner, sharp-featured, lank and dry, just as all disappointed, over-instigated natures always are.'"
Which finally explains Nicole Bass. Damn dirty mutatin' suffragettes!