reviled women
What funny games bloggers weave.
I mentioned recently that the google search for "most reviled woman in America" returned only one hit at that time, in reference to Linda Tripp. A local weblogger, Chip Rosenthal, conducted his own little study, which indicated that Hillary Clinton was, in fact, the most reviled woman in America.
So I experimented again, using his criteria, and came up with another answer.
Suspecting that Chip might have the market cornered on reviled American women, I ran a series of experiments on the reviled women of the world, present and historical.
Among currently living women:
"Margaret Thatcher" reviled - 511 Google hits
"Monica Lewinsky" reviled - 503
"JK Rowling" reviled - 216
"Yoko Ono" reviled - 186
"Camilla Parker-Bowles" reviled - 53
"Imelda Marcos" reviled - 46
and from history:
"Mary Magdalene" reviled - 2,080 Google hits
"Cleopatra" reviled - 567
"Elizabeth I" reviled - 346
"Mary Queen of Scots" reviled - 124
"Catherine the Great" reviled - 69
"Eva Braun" reviled - 36
"Lucretia Borgia" reviled - 9
"Ma Ferguson" reviled - 3
Of course, only one of the currently living women is American: Monica Lewinsky, who beats Hillary Clinton by a, erm, head.
I should also mention that the first hit on Google for "reviled woman" currently points to my site. My parents should be proud, yes indeedy.
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Are there any reviled men? Or does that adjective only get used for women?
"Reviled men" would be redundant.
CY - I actually investigated this matter--briefly. Or, at least, I did on a global scope.
The problem is I ran:
"Saddam Hussein" reviled
came up with a score of 2,810 and figured there wasn't much place else to go from there.