The trend happened at a time when violence against women is on the rise.
This is framed as "good news" in the article because of pushback. That's like saying that the sexually predatory behavior at Activision-Blizzard was good news because there was, eventually, pushback to it. :what-the-hell:
I know several unironic fans of the character, and they even use the "steak knives" speech as their personal motivator to be "better businessmen." :desolate: