Quick reminder:
We as a society are no better served by benevolent sexism than by overt misogyny.
[Relevant background, for any who may have missed and wished to view the latest “bombshell” evidence that the Republican candidate for President—a serial adulterer who raped his first wife, stands accused of raping a 13yo girl, and sexually harassed scores of women employees, in addition to those he outright assaulted—is less politician, more rapey, racist, bigoted mass of sexist pond scum. NB: while the video clip released by WaPo does contain “vulgar language,” far more problematic is the sexual violence Tromp (sic) describes and enthuses over.]
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Yo.
GOP Leadership?
Take note:
I have no more interest in being “championed and revered” by my government than I have in being crotch-grabbed by it. [1]
“Hitting on a married woman” is not on par with sexual assault, not even close—a point easy to miss if your primary concern is with insults to “our wives and daughters” rather than to half the American citizenry. [2]
And when you express your concern as “No woman should ever be described in these terms or talked about in this manner”—then spend the rest of your weekend huddled in presidential debate-prep with the man who so described us—you confirm that window-dressing matters to you more than substance. That you are willing to see me as a p***y to be grabbed, just so long as that p***y-grab is not talked about. [3]
In sum:
Do not revere us.
Do not pretend to own us.
Do not clean up your language in our presence.
Just stop pretending you are not an equal sh!tstain on our polity to your man who would be king.
To borrow the words of Jessica Valenti:
SEE YOU ON NOVEMBER 8th, ASSHOLES.
/PSA
[1] Thanks but no thanks, Paul Ryan.
[2] Swing and a miss there, Mitt Romney.
[3] Awww. The feeling of disdain is mutual, Reince!
Did you ever think that we’d be longing for the days of Mitt with his binder of woman? Sounds so quaint in retrospect. Almost adorable.
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Ha! Yes, in the midst of our current basket of deplorables, gimme a binder of women any day…
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Talking about worthiness or unworthiness…
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Absolutely unworthy to serve. Tromp, and any official supporting him…
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