Louisville Courier-Journal: Silencing women is the real motive of Kentucky GOP's redistricting proposal| Opinion
By MARY LOU MARZIAN and MARIA A. FERNANDEZ
Over the centuries men have tried many ways to silence women — physical and mental abuse, murder, low wages and the favorite of Kentucky male legislators, keeping women barefoot and pregnant.
But none of those are so blatant and so insidious as the current Republican leaders in the Kentucky House who are attempting to redistrict out of office, the majority of incumbent female legislators, including half of the Jefferson County Delegation.
So fearful of losing their male dominance, these Republicans are using the 2020 redistricting mandate to "weed out" those pesky female legislators.