Searches for the derogatory word “bitch” on Google shot up over 1,000 percent in the United States alongside a surge in online queries about Vice President Kamala Harris after she took the Democratic nomination, and the use of sexist language in social media hashtags rose even more in an indication of the part played by the gender factor ahead of the presidential election.
The trend mirrored one seen in relation to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton before she went on to lose the 2016 presidential election to Donald Trump, who is now running neck and neck with Harris.
After President Joe Biden dropped out of the election race on July 21 to be replaced by Harris, searches for her name skyrocketed. So did searches for terms described as sexist.
Daily searches for “Kamala Harris” exploded after she announced her candidacy mere hours after Biden dropped out of the race in July. One of the top rising queries that rose …