Challenges and Gaslighting in Women's Reactions to Kavanaugh and Barrett Confirmations

The chapter delves into the dismissive and gaslighting attitudes faced by women speaking out on reactions towards Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, discussing the narrative of a centrist court and the undermining role of the political system. It explores how women's responses were belittled as hysterical, and delves into instances of gaslighting in politics related to abortion rights, connecting historical contexts of surveillance, criminalization, and civil punishment of Black women.