The language of containment was used by political foes and voters who seemed unable to separate their disgust for Clinton’s body from their political anger and punitive agendas. In treating Clinton in this way, Trump and his voters displayed their disgust for women more broadly. Bleeding, leaking, seeping, oozing, and defecating are the stuff of our humanity and for this humanity, we particularly learn to revile women; and, as women, to hate ourselves.
