Jill Filipovic is a journalist based in Washington and the author of the book "The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness." Follow her on Twitter. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely her own. View more opinion articles on CNN.

(CNN) It is not breaking news that Tucker Carlson has a sexism problem. This is the guy, after all, who has blamed working women for the struggles of men -- namely drug abuse and high incarceration rates. Unable to argue with a female writer on the merits of her arguments, he condescendingly told her that she should "stick to the thigh-high boots." He claims that "something ominous is happening to men in America." The cause of all of these "ominous things?" Women enjoying an increasing share of resources and opportunities.

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Now, Carlson's misogyny has gone viral, after Media Matters uncovered audio of Carlson downplaying child rape if it happens within the context of marriage, describing women as "extremely primitive," and referring to a series of female public figures, including Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and Martha Stewart's daughter Alexis as "white whores," "c***y," ugly and pigs. He aired these more extreme views when calling into the radio show "Bubba the Love Sponge" between 2006 and 2011. (If there was ever evidence that white men enjoy vast unearned privileges in American society, it is the fact that there is a grown man who has nicknamed himself "Bubba the Love Sponge" and is nonetheless taken even somewhat seriously.)

Instead of apologizing for these comments made years ago, Carlson doubled down after they came to light, shrugging them off as merely "naughty" and telling critics to watch his show. It is simply "naughty," apparently, to say that an adult man who forces a child into marriage -- and, in Carlson's own telling, rapes her -- isn't as bad as a rapist who nabs a child off the street, because the marital rapist "has made a lifelong commitment to live and take care of the person, so it is a little different." Even Bubba the Love Sponge's co-host deemed that view "twisted" and "demented."

Just as disturbing was a conversation about Carlson's own 14-year-old daughter who, at the time of the recording, was away at boarding school. Bubba the Love Sponge suggested she may be sexually experimenting with her roommate and that "these little girls start experimenting around, next thing you know, you know, you got a lesbian on your hands." Instead of doing what any halfway decent and halfway normal father would do -- tell Bubba he's a repulsive pervert and hang up the phone -- Carlson joined in , saying that while he thinks it's unlikely his daughter is experimenting with other girls, "If it weren't my daughter I would love that scenario."

There's much more in the Media Matters story, and, they say, more to come. In the meantime, Carlson's supporters have derided this report as a " hit piece " (despite it simply being Carlson's own words) or suggested that because these comments are a decade old, they're no longer relevant.

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