The "Email Job" Myth: Why Women's Work Is Always Under Attack

From TikToks to tariffs, the backlash against women at work says more about power than productivity.

"They believe women are part of an oppressor class… hired for fun, pretend jobs."
— Vox, "The Strange Link Between Trump's Tariffs and Incel Ideology"

I read that line and felt something clench in my stomach. Not because it was surprising. But because it was familiar. Like a song you've heard your whole life, just with slightly different lyrics.

If you haven't seen the article, here's the short version: After Trump announced new tariffs, the Dow dropped. and some guys on X responded not by talking economics, but by reposting a video of women dancing in their office and saying: "This is why we need tariffs."

The implication? That women, especially the ones with "email jobs," are the real threat to the system. That these so-called fake jobs (marketing, admin, comms, HR, strategy) are undeserved, made up, and worse... empowering women to live *gasp* without needing a man.

Their logic (if you can call it that) is that women only have financial independence because of DEI and government-funded …