it’s because the audience is presumed to be male. she’s speaking as a male viewer rather than as herself. it’s a weird kind of surrogacy.

They’re only allowed to disobey gender roles unidirectionally — only masculinity is considered valuable, femininity is considered shameful, even for cis women (though cis women who are not conservative pundits or politicians are expected to submit to that shame meekly).

The right has a weird thing where even women are shamed for being womanlike