The columnist could have simply stated what she witnessed from Trump supporters and let it go at that. Readers get it. But, no. 
"Although, I know, boys: You don't want a girl tinkering with something (America's busted engine] that precious.
And, 
"Sexism and misogyny played a role in the 2016 election." Just how big a role will be debated for years to come. It might even be smaller than Jupiter."
Oh, boy. 

Another columnist might state: 

Autobiographies are always suspect. Even Winston Churchill's mammoth History of WW II. As the man explained, "This is not history; this is my case." Because the author is INSIDE the story or IS the story, autobiographies are rarely objective.  Autobiographers draw from memory.  Memory is often short and selective, sometimes unconsciously so, and, at worst, the selectivity is sometimes very calculated, even to stating "20 mea culpas."

By its very nature, autobiography is the construction of a public face...