The president, speaking at an International Women’s Day Event, earlier this week, about America:

It’s a story of women, from those on the Mayflower to the one I’m blessed to call my wife, who looked across the dinner table, and thought, I’m smarter than that guy.

That’s a version of American exceptionalism, I suppose — our popular culture’s pathetic view of men is frequently exceptional. It’s also harmful, unnecessary, and reflective of so much we see around us, not to mention an ingredient in way too many social pathologies. But in this case, it’s not some silly primetime comedy displaying it for all the world to see. It’s the president of the United States.