On this week's episode of the Waves, Christina, June, Marcia, and Nichole discuss how we got to such a white, male set of options for president in 2020. Then, they dive into the gendered responses to coronavirus. Finally, the panel discusses a new movie about abortion: Never Rarely Sometimes Always.

In Slate Plus: Is It Sexist that Tulsi Gabbard has been treated like a joke and left out of mainstream assessments of the race?

Other items discussed on the show:

" Coronavirus: Five ways virus upheaval is hitting women in Asia " by Lara Owen in BBC.

" 69 Percent of Men Don't Wash Their Hands After Using the Bathroom?! " by Amanda Arnold in the Cut.

Recommendations:

Nichole: So We Can Glowby Leesa Cross-Smith.

Marcia: Freethinker, Sex Suffrage, an the Extraordinary Life of Helen Hamilton Gardener by Kimberly A. Hamlin.

Christina: The city of La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

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