When it comes to the Epstein files, I don’t think men understand just how furious women are

With each new revolting atrocity that comes to light, you can all but feel the fury radiating out of women – palpable, pulsating. This is not a political story for us. It is a deeply personal one. We see a tale, not of entitled men being toppled from power, but of powerless, nameless women and girls being habitually abused, assaulted and raped – bought, sold and used as playthings by men so wealthy that they truly believed they were untouchable. And for good reason: lawmakers reviewing unredacted materials in the Epstein files say that the Department of Justice’s redactions have obscured potentially important names. Moreover, they’ve claimed that some of these redactions may have been politically motivated, rather than legally required.

The curtain has well and truly fallen away, but women are left slumped in shock as so many modern-day wizards of Oz continue to operate with impunity. Even if they haven’t technically committed any crimes, we can finally see how these so-called masters of the universe talk and think about us when we aren’t there.

As Helen Rumbelow writes stirringly in The Times: “The sensation of clicking on the Epstein files is like taking the back off the world clock. We see behind the grand façade usually presented by men who run the planet, in government, academia, royalty and business, from presidents to Andrew, the former prince.

“We see the contrast between their public distancing and their private networking. But we also see their everyday exchanges making the cogs of the world turn, oiled by porn-saturated woman-hating.”

This news is not news to the majority of women – it’s all so crushingly predictable. But it is now impossible to ignore; the Epstein files are a visceral reminder, shoved in our faces, of the misogyny that continues to seethe just below the surface of the polished, “civilised” front.

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