The presidential campaign of 2016 is sure to go down in the annals of history as one of the nastiest ever. The sexism, ageism, malicious memes, ugly comments, false equivalences and bizarre denials of truth have taken political discourse to a new low.
And then it went even lower.
Trump’s recorded comments about how he can’t resist going up and kissing and touching whomever he wants riled me to the core.
I have had it happen to me. It is an awful experience. And it is wrong. And illegal. Anyone who apologizes for it is a (insert expletive).
The good news is that in the U.S, according to Rainn, “Sexual violence has fallen by half in the last 20 years.” So let’s keep talking about it, educating and sharing about it. Let’s shout it out of existence.
Learn more:
https://www.rainn.org/about-sexual-assault
http://www.consented.ca/myths/sexual-harassment-is-flattering/