If you thought misogyny was a thing of the past, think again.  All you have to do is go on social media to see pages of derogatory posts  about Meghan Markle.  Although she graduated from a prestigious university,  became a successful actress and wrote a wildly popular blog, it seems she really can’t do anything right.  It’s bad enough that she married a handsome prince.  She’s also beautiful and smart—a lethal combination in the minds of the Meghan haters.  It’s okay to be beautiful if you know your place in the patriarchy and don’t try to compete with men.  It’s also fine to be bright if you’re overweight,  plain, or unattractive.  But beautiful and smart is just too much.  Male misogynists  see her as a threat to their masculine superiority, and the females  are green with envy.  All the media misogynists delight in gaslighting Megan.

Let’s start at the beginning.  A bi racial woman who lived in a garage apartment with a single mom is not supposed to rise to the top of anything. One of their favorite insults  is that she was a B actress.  Hey, what’s wrong with that? According to reports,  she made about half million a year while acting  in “Suits.” Not bad for a boot strapper.  Most of the A actors got there because of their connections with Hollywood insiders:  Dakota Johnson, Kate Hudson, Nicholas Cage, Sissy Spacek,   to name a few.  The list goes on and on.  But that’s okay—they somehow deserve their place on the A train.

The haters invalidate any of her words or actions by saying she’s nothing but an actress.  I suspect Megan became an actress for the same reason Harry became a prince.  Her parents worked in the movie business.  Harry’s parents were in the royalty business.  But if she says she was depressed or felt objectified by a part in a tv show, they refuse to validate her feelings.  She can’t express any emotion because to them, it’s all just “acting.”

And then, she had the nerve to marry an English prince.  Of course, she’s just  a gold digger.  I’ve heard that said a thousand times.  What?  You marry a charming, drop dead handsome hunk for his money?  I’d think you might fall madly in love with Harry even if he were nothing but a commoner..  In some ways, she’s the one who married “down.”  Harry never had to compete for a real job, and he didn’t even go to college. Megan struggled on her own to graduate college and make it as an actress.    Obviously, she’s the more accomplished of the two.  And I’ll give Harry credit for appreciating that.  He behaves as a gentlemen and treats her with the respect she deserves.

It’s glaringly apparent that the media misogynists want to  to bring Megan down to their level, or worse.  They’d love it if she ended up living in a trailer park and waiting tables at Hooters.  If that were to happen, they would finally get the schadenfreude they’re so desperately seeking. But I’m afraid they’re going to be disappointed, because Meghan is way too smart for that