Cosmopolitan magazine did something quite surprising by publishing an op-ed written by a female conservative defending the sexist attacks against President Trump's aide Kellyanne Conway.

CNN contributor Amanda Carpenter, former communications director for Sen. Ted Cruz and speechwriter for Sen. Jim DeMint, pointed out the hypocrisy in how the Left is treating Conway while making feminist demands of everyone else.

That one picture of Conway sitting on her legs in the Oval Office became national news and made her the butt of jokes on Saturday Night Live and even the subject of a creepy comment by Louisiana Democratic Rep. Cedric Richmond who said, “She really looked kind of familiar there in that position there.”

Carpenter reminded liberals that they can’t claim the moral high ground and pile these kinds of sexist comments on a woman:

Each of these things happened because Conway is a woman. These photographers, congressmen, and comedy writers can’t seem to look at her without thinking, Sex! Sex! Sex!

Carpenter, no fan of the Trump administration, said there were other ways to “fairly criticize” Conway on her performance, but this wasn’t it.

“She shouldn’t, however, have to answer for being a woman while she’s at it,” Carpenter wrote.

The writer contends that Conway deserves to be a “feminist icon as the first winning female presidential campaign manager,” except she “gets hardly any respect from liberal feminists.” They’d rather do this:

Meanwhile, SNL’s Kate McKinnon once again reprised her role as Conway over the weekend, mocking her Oval Office pose in multiple sketches throughout the show. The newest parody reduced her to nothing more than a repeated, pointed image: a woman in a dress, legs exposed, looking too inappropriate to be taken seriously at work.

Responding to this constant barrage of sexist nonsense is nowhere in Conway’s job description. It’s an extra burden the political media world forces her to bear. Her male coworkers never have to consider their responses about the length of their skirts or how a major television show presented her as a vengeful lover, do they?

“But Conway never flinches,” praised Carpenter. “She’s worked her way to the uppermost echelon of the male-dominated world of GOP politics, while raising four young children. She’s thrived in one of the most high-pressure and highly scrutinized positions imaginable. She may be serving the most temperamental and reckless president of all time.”

“Is a stupid photo, joke, or TV segment going to stop her? Unlikely,” she concludes. “She isn't going to let sexism distract her from her goals, a fearless attitude even those who despise her politics ought to celebrate.”

As surprising as Cosmo printing this piece, a defense of Conway also came from another unlikely source:

However, Carpenter said the opportunity was ripe for other high-profile female politicians to come forward, especially with their tough feminist talk. But, of course, they didn’t:

[I]t would have been much more meaningful if Chelsea’s mom had spoken up for Conway as well. The New York Times published a story Monday pointing out that many of the same sexist themes are used to demean both Conway and Hillary Clinton. Some solidarity from Clinton and perhaps the most powerful female elected Democrat in America would go a long way. Unfortunately, that very person, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, was given that opportunity and, unbelievably, refused. Asked by Jake Tapper if Richmond should apologize, she said, “I wasn’t at the dinner,” and, “I don’t know the particulars.”

We wouldn’t expect any less.