God forbid if one is famous.

Lena Duham is of a higher social (and respected) status than the slew of misogynists who seek, and will likely use a variety of excuses to demean her. In this case it just happens to be a serious health condition. Misogynists rely on aggression in attempts to scrabble their way upwards and try to maintain a dominant social hierarchy, same as it ever was.

Misogynists are afraid of women like Dunham who have power and a means to express it nationally. (Eg. See the virulent attacks on Hilary Clinton for the last decade. It really got bad once Hillary started “dressing” for power, looking less feminine and cut her hair short. Contrast this to the men who couldn’t stop gushing over Sarah Palin and her syrupy, over-the-top, traditionalist feminity.) Public displays of misogyny are just weak attempts to silence Dunham’s voice and — by usual extension — women.

God forbid if you are a man, with such a small voice and so afraid of women in general that you are willing to publicly derride and demean another human being with serious medical condition.