Media coverage of women 'decentering men' or 'going boysober' has been a constant since 2016. The year is no coincidence; this is about Donald Trump, even when it’s not explicitly about Mr. Trump. Supporters attend for Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris remarks, conceding 2024 U.S. Presidential Election to president-elect Donald Trump, at Howard University in Washington, Nov. 6.Daniel Cole/Reuters

Phoebe Maltz Bovy is a contributing columnist for The Globe and Mail.

The 1990s British sitcom Keeping Up Appearances is rife with catchphrases. Not for everyone, but I find them charming. For Rose, a cartoonishly man-hungry woman in her fifties, it’s declaring, melodramatically, “No more men!” The other characters know to ignore these proclamations, because within moments, Rose is infatuated with a different Mr. So-and-So.

Jump to the present day, across the Atlantic, and to the world of real people, where a vocal subset of American women feels betrayed by the results of the presidential election. There was a gender divide in exit polls – not an immense one, but especially pronounced among the youngest voters. The election feels like a repeat of 2016′s theme of not just Donald Trump winning, but of men ensuring the result. No first woman president, again. Reproductive rights? Well,........

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