GREENSBORO, N.C. — Donald Trump suggested several times Friday that he would not have sexually harassed the women who have accused him of assault because of their physical attractiveness. The comments, which appeared to be made offhandedly, drew repeated laughs from the audience.
“Believe me, she would not be my first choice, that I can tell you,” Trump said during a campaign event here, referring to one alleged victim. “You don’t know. That would not be my first choice.”
Trump was in that instance referring to Jessica Leeds, who accused Trump of putting his hand up her skirt on an airplane decades ago. Her story, which was first recounted in the New York Times, is one of a half-dozen allegations that have been made in recent days.
He added later, in a singsong voice: “When you looked at that horrible woman last night, you said, ‘I don't think so.’ ”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...able-main_pp-firstchoice-332pm:homepage/story
Still think he wasn't talking about her appearance, davesmom?
Maybe, maybe not. It's makes political hay to take Trump's words in the most damaging context.
I could drive a herd of buffalo through the holes in her story. Nobody is talking about those 'holes'. Just analyzing Trump's words in the worst way.
Smerconish said this morning that her story was credible. I thought it was a lot of bs. Especially when she said that it went on for about 15 minutes! Any woman who would put up with advances like she describes from a stranger for 15 SECONDS is lying about something!
It's already been established that Donald Trump is a pervert, a molester and a pedophile. No one should be surprised at this. Donald Trump fits perfectly into the mold of a person with a long history of sexual harassment, perversion and being enabled by the people around him. So there's the disgusting video of Trump flirting with a child.
The saddest thing about this is the girl's reaction. When that hideous anus-faced orange says to a child that he's going to be dating her in 10 years, she awkwardly laughs. This is what happens in rape culture. When you joke that all men talk like this and it's fine, you forget the effects it has on our culture and on the targets of such comments. Girls have to put up with the flirtations and crude sexual comments of grown men from very early ages. That kind of comment from a man is intimidating and threatening. The prospect of a man claiming sexual entitlement over a young girl and possibly molesting her is so present it's almost casual. In fact, the casual and common nature was your defense of his comments. So you say this is just how guys talk. OK, so should we live in a world where girls are subject to constant sexual evaluation, where men feel it's normal to talk about molesting them? Girls learn from an early age to deal with living in this world, when it shouldn't be a world that exists or a world that you defend. You can't imagine what it would be like to have a man like Donald Trump say that to you, or to have the very real possibility that any man could say or any other similar comment. It broke my heart to hear the girl laugh it away. Donald Trump is predator and a comment like that should be met with disgust by all who heard it. That girl should have run to an adult she trusted and said that disgusting man is coming on to her. But she didn't. She used one of the defenses women employ to keep predatory men from hurting them. She's learned it already and no one will defend her or keep this culture from perpetuating.
It appears that you view the world as a place where women are just victims of men. That attitude is what makes women victims.
It can't be stressed strongly enough, no man can intimidate you unless you allow him to.
The best way to get respect and fair treatment is to act like you deserve it and to give it to others.
What has happened since the 'women's movement' is that men have actually become the victims. Women take offense at the slightest look or remark, they make false accusations against men just because they can, causing men who meant no harm at all to be saddled with suspicion for the rest of their lives.
Women who do that are despicable and deserve no respect.