In The New York Times, Amanda Taub writes, “Donald J. Trump, reiterating his call to restrict Muslim immigration to the United States, has adopted a tactic that has long been a mainstay of strongmen and sectarian provocateurs: portraying outsiders as a threat to women’s safety.” Similar discourse has been used to justify intolerance throughout history, including Jim Crow-era lynchings. Taub writes, “By using women to measure moral distance between ‘us’ and ‘them,’ such messages portray outsiders as not just different, but dangerous.’’