Instead of confronting its real and difficult problems and grappling honestly with a dark past, Hungary embraced a reactionary government and a self-pitying image of itself as the victimized nation, and went looking for scapegoats in the Roma, Jews, and, most recently, Syrian migrants.
Susan FaludiIn place of equal respect, the nation offered women the Miss America beauty pageant, established in 1920-the same year women won the vote.
Susan Faludi