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1{"/Did-Trump-inspire-the-MeToo-movement": {"text": "Did Trump inspire the #MeToo movement?", "links": [{"meta_description": "", "a_link_text": "Meet Tarana Burke, Activist Who Started \u201cMe Too\u201d Campaign to Ignite Conversation on Sexual Assault", "domain": "www.democracynow.org", "a_link_answer_id": "__w2_w8yahU6g9_answer", "video": "-", "a_link_answer_text": "  Cindy Wiley, B.S. Sociology, University of Oregon (2018)Answered 47w ago \u00b7 Author has 580 answers and 162.6k answer viewsRE: Did Trump inspire the #MeToo movement?Although his admissions that he enjoys walking in on young girls while dressing, wanting to date his daughter, and forcibly touching women without their consent are open in his playbook, no he didn\u2019t inspire #MeToo.However, it helped lend the movement credibility and wings.The movement started way back in 2007 by Tarana Burke.Meet Tarana Burke, Activist Who Started \u201cMe Too\u201d Campaign to Ignite Conversation on Sexual AssaultRecently it was tweeted again by Alyssa Milano, and gained traction after Rose McGowan continued it.It lit a wild fire in thousands of people who have been sexually assaulted or harassed.Think about this for awhile. Think hard. How many people, women and men, do you know that have NEVER been sexually harassed or assaulted. I know of ZERO women and very few men.#MeToo.207 Views \u00b7 View Upvoters", "title": "Meet Tarana Burke, Activist Who Started \u201cMe Too\u201d Campaign to Ignite Conversation on Sexual Assault", "image": "https://www.democracynow.org/images/story/29/39029/full_hd/_S2_Metoo11.jpg", "a_link": "https://www.democracynow.org/2017/10/17/meet_tarana_burke_the_activist_who", "favicon": ""}]}, "/What-are-your-thoughts-on-Donald-Trump-mocking-the-MeToo-movement": {"text": "What are your thoughts on Donald Trump mocking the #MeToo movement?", "links": [{"meta_description": "President Donald Trump on Thursday mocked the #MeToo movement as he repeatedly attacked Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren over her heritage, said Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters had an I.Q. in the \"mid-60s,\" and made thinly-veiled swipes at fellow Republicans John McCain and George H.W. Bush, who are both in ailing health.", "a_link_text": "his reference", "domain": "edition.cnn.com", "a_link_answer_id": "__w2_wCEJvKSP9_answer", "video": "-", "a_link_answer_text": "  Michael Thigpen, conservative critical of TrumpAnswered 14w ago \u00b7 Author has 142 answers and 8.5k answer viewsPresident Trump is a crass, undignified, jerk. He\u2019s not fit to be president. However, his reference to the #metoo movement wasn\u2019t really mocking. It was more derisive of the generation of people.If it weren\u2019t for it being Donald Trump who had said it, it would have been perfectly fine.Understanding the Meaning and ContextYou can equate Donald Trump\u2019s comment with calling liberals \u201csnowflakes\u201d, which is a wonderful concept which posits that we are all unique, special, and have our own value. Most conservatives (like myself) believe in this wholeheartedly. Yet, still, some use the term to describe adults who seem to believe their feelings are more important than others.The dersision is not for the idea that each person is important, but for the failure to integrate this lesson into whole-person maturity that is balanced by the relative insignificance of the individual next to the greater good. Prime example: Those that say hearing contrary arguments to their beliefs is equal to violence against them, because they are so distressed it causes them PTSD.Snowflakes.Likewise, the #metoo movement is itself a very good thing. Women speaking out about sexual assault and sexual harassment is important. But some of those on the far left of this issue have used it to push a \u201cguilty until proven innocent\u201d and \u201cif I feel uncomfortable, you are wrong\u201d mentality which got a lot of pushback. People calling for moderation and clear thinking were lambasted before the reactions against them were in turn pushed back.It\u2019s the reactionary and subjective nature of part of the movement which Trump is responding to. Actually, he\u2019s responding to what his base supporters have been saying, the concerns they\u2019ve been voicing. Trump follows the crowd in speaking out against whatever issue they are currently decrying, echoing their sentiments almost exactly.Whether the #metoo movement has actually gone too far or not, whether the right wing characterization of the movement is accurate or not, it\u2019s not wrong to make a social comment on the state of society in reference to it. It might be mistaken, but it\u2019s not offensive or inappropriate.Applying it to President TrumpArguments are good or bad on their own merits; it doesn\u2019t really matter who says them. That\u2019s logic. It doesn\u2019t matter if Donald Trump says the excesses of the #metoo movement highlights flaws in the current generation, if Ben Shapiro says it, or if its a random commentor on a YouTube video. It\u2019s truth value (true or false) remains the same regardless.But, what does matter is the morality of the act of speaking the statement.It\u2019s perfectly fine to say \u201csmoking can kill you, you shouldn\u2019t do it,\u201d but if you\u2019re a smoker it\u2019s hypocritical. Or you can say, \u201csmoking is fine, do what you want,\u201d but if you know it causes harm and are profiting from this it\u2019s immoral. It is worse if you are in a position of social influence, like a teacher, celebrity, religious figure, etc.Trump is a notorious womanizer, philanderer, and an egotistical elitist who has not only been outed as having made perverted comments about women, he\u2019s said sexist things during the campaign and possibly during his presidency. Him commenting on the issue of sexual harrassment and sexual assault, especially by men in positions of power of those women, is hypocritical and/or self-serving.A Drop in the BucketAs far as bad things said by President Trump, this is small potatoes. He\u2019s said so many demeaning, improper, crude, and downright immoral things over the years that this barely even registers. Here it\u2019s not what he said, really, but who said it, and that\u2019s far from the worst offense this president has ever made.47 Views", "title": "Trump mocks #MeToo movement in riff on Elizabeth Warren's heritage during Montana rally", "image": "https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/180329123856-01-trump-af1-03-29-2018-super-tease.jpg", "a_link": "https://edition.cnn.com/2018/07/05/politics/trump-montana-rally-pruitt-resigns/index.html", "favicon": "/favicon.ie9.ico"}, {"meta_description": "microinvalidation definition:  Noun  (plural microinvalidations) 1. A form of microaggression that excludes or negates a person's thoughts or feelings.Origin micro- +\u200e invalidation...", "a_link_text": "hearing contrary arguments to their beliefs", "domain": "www.yourdictionary.com", "a_link_answer_id": "__w2_wCEJvKSP9_answer", "video": "-", "a_link_answer_text": "  Michael Thigpen, conservative critical of TrumpAnswered 14w ago \u00b7 Author has 142 answers and 8.5k answer viewsPresident Trump is a crass, undignified, jerk. He\u2019s not fit to be president. However, his reference to the #metoo movement wasn\u2019t really mocking. It was more derisive of the generation of people.If it weren\u2019t for it being Donald Trump who had said it, it would have been perfectly fine.Understanding the Meaning and ContextYou can equate Donald Trump\u2019s comment with calling liberals \u201csnowflakes\u201d, which is a wonderful concept which posits that we are all unique, special, and have our own value. Most conservatives (like myself) believe in this wholeheartedly. Yet, still, some use the term to describe adults who seem to believe their feelings are more important than others.The dersision is not for the idea that each person is important, but for the failure to integrate this lesson into whole-person maturity that is balanced by the relative insignificance of the individual next to the greater good. Prime example: Those that say hearing contrary arguments to their beliefs is equal to violence against them, because they are so distressed it causes them PTSD.Snowflakes.Likewise, the #metoo movement is itself a very good thing. Women speaking out about sexual assault and sexual harassment is important. But some of those on the far left of this issue have used it to push a \u201cguilty until proven innocent\u201d and \u201cif I feel uncomfortable, you are wrong\u201d mentality which got a lot of pushback. People calling for moderation and clear thinking were lambasted before the reactions against them were in turn pushed back.It\u2019s the reactionary and subjective nature of part of the movement which Trump is responding to. Actually, he\u2019s responding to what his base supporters have been saying, the concerns they\u2019ve been voicing. Trump follows the crowd in speaking out against whatever issue they are currently decrying, echoing their sentiments almost exactly.Whether the #metoo movement has actually gone too far or not, whether the right wing characterization of the movement is accurate or not, it\u2019s not wrong to make a social comment on the state of society in reference to it. It might be mistaken, but it\u2019s not offensive or inappropriate.Applying it to President TrumpArguments are good or bad on their own merits; it doesn\u2019t really matter who says them. That\u2019s logic. It doesn\u2019t matter if Donald Trump says the excesses of the #metoo movement highlights flaws in the current generation, if Ben Shapiro says it, or if its a random commentor on a YouTube video. It\u2019s truth value (true or false) remains the same regardless.But, what does matter is the morality of the act of speaking the statement.It\u2019s perfectly fine to say \u201csmoking can kill you, you shouldn\u2019t do it,\u201d but if you\u2019re a smoker it\u2019s hypocritical. Or you can say, \u201csmoking is fine, do what you want,\u201d but if you know it causes harm and are profiting from this it\u2019s immoral. It is worse if you are in a position of social influence, like a teacher, celebrity, religious figure, etc.Trump is a notorious womanizer, philanderer, and an egotistical elitist who has not only been outed as having made perverted comments about women, he\u2019s said sexist things during the campaign and possibly during his presidency. Him commenting on the issue of sexual harrassment and sexual assault, especially by men in positions of power of those women, is hypocritical and/or self-serving.A Drop in the BucketAs far as bad things said by President Trump, this is small potatoes. He\u2019s said so many demeaning, improper, crude, and downright immoral things over the years that this barely even registers. Here it\u2019s not what he said, really, but who said it, and that\u2019s far from the worst offense this president has ever made.47 Views", "title": "Microinvalidation dictionary definition | microinvalidation defined", "image": "", "a_link": "http://www.yourdictionary.com/microinvalidation", "favicon": ""}, {"meta_description": "Brain science distinguishes verbal abusiveness from mere offensiveness.", "a_link_text": "equal to violence against them", "domain": "www.nytimes.com", "a_link_answer_id": "__w2_wCEJvKSP9_answer", "video": "-", "a_link_answer_text": "  Michael Thigpen, conservative critical of TrumpAnswered 14w ago \u00b7 Author has 142 answers and 8.5k answer viewsPresident Trump is a crass, undignified, jerk. He\u2019s not fit to be president. However, his reference to the #metoo movement wasn\u2019t really mocking. It was more derisive of the generation of people.If it weren\u2019t for it being Donald Trump who had said it, it would have been perfectly fine.Understanding the Meaning and ContextYou can equate Donald Trump\u2019s comment with calling liberals \u201csnowflakes\u201d, which is a wonderful concept which posits that we are all unique, special, and have our own value. Most conservatives (like myself) believe in this wholeheartedly. Yet, still, some use the term to describe adults who seem to believe their feelings are more important than others.The dersision is not for the idea that each person is important, but for the failure to integrate this lesson into whole-person maturity that is balanced by the relative insignificance of the individual next to the greater good. Prime example: Those that say hearing contrary arguments to their beliefs is equal to violence against them, because they are so distressed it causes them PTSD.Snowflakes.Likewise, the #metoo movement is itself a very good thing. Women speaking out about sexual assault and sexual harassment is important. But some of those on the far left of this issue have used it to push a \u201cguilty until proven innocent\u201d and \u201cif I feel uncomfortable, you are wrong\u201d mentality which got a lot of pushback. People calling for moderation and clear thinking were lambasted before the reactions against them were in turn pushed back.It\u2019s the reactionary and subjective nature of part of the movement which Trump is responding to. Actually, he\u2019s responding to what his base supporters have been saying, the concerns they\u2019ve been voicing. Trump follows the crowd in speaking out against whatever issue they are currently decrying, echoing their sentiments almost exactly.Whether the #metoo movement has actually gone too far or not, whether the right wing characterization of the movement is accurate or not, it\u2019s not wrong to make a social comment on the state of society in reference to it. It might be mistaken, but it\u2019s not offensive or inappropriate.Applying it to President TrumpArguments are good or bad on their own merits; it doesn\u2019t really matter who says them. That\u2019s logic. It doesn\u2019t matter if Donald Trump says the excesses of the #metoo movement highlights flaws in the current generation, if Ben Shapiro says it, or if its a random commentor on a YouTube video. It\u2019s truth value (true or false) remains the same regardless.But, what does matter is the morality of the act of speaking the statement.It\u2019s perfectly fine to say \u201csmoking can kill you, you shouldn\u2019t do it,\u201d but if you\u2019re a smoker it\u2019s hypocritical. Or you can say, \u201csmoking is fine, do what you want,\u201d but if you know it causes harm and are profiting from this it\u2019s immoral. It is worse if you are in a position of social influence, like a teacher, celebrity, religious figure, etc.Trump is a notorious womanizer, philanderer, and an egotistical elitist who has not only been outed as having made perverted comments about women, he\u2019s said sexist things during the campaign and possibly during his presidency. Him commenting on the issue of sexual harrassment and sexual assault, especially by men in positions of power of those women, is hypocritical and/or self-serving.A Drop in the BucketAs far as bad things said by President Trump, this is small potatoes. He\u2019s said so many demeaning, improper, crude, and downright immoral things over the years that this barely even registers. Here it\u2019s not what he said, really, but who said it, and that\u2019s far from the worst offense this president has ever made.47 Views", "title": "Opinion | When Is Speech Violence?", "image": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2017/07/16/opinion/sunday/16gray/16gray-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale", "a_link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/14/opinion/sunday/when-is-speech-violence.html", "favicon": "/vi-assets/static-assets/favicon-4bf96cb6a1093748bf5b3c429accb9b4.ico"}, {"meta_description": "Get to know some of the politically charged terms in the campus war over words", "a_link_text": "causes them PTSD", "domain": "www.voxmagazine.com", "a_link_answer_id": "__w2_wCEJvKSP9_answer", "video": "-", "a_link_answer_text": "  Michael Thigpen, conservative critical of TrumpAnswered 14w ago \u00b7 Author has 142 answers and 8.5k answer viewsPresident Trump is a crass, undignified, jerk. He\u2019s not fit to be president. However, his reference to the #metoo movement wasn\u2019t really mocking. It was more derisive of the generation of people.If it weren\u2019t for it being Donald Trump who had said it, it would have been perfectly fine.Understanding the Meaning and ContextYou can equate Donald Trump\u2019s comment with calling liberals \u201csnowflakes\u201d, which is a wonderful concept which posits that we are all unique, special, and have our own value. Most conservatives (like myself) believe in this wholeheartedly. Yet, still, some use the term to describe adults who seem to believe their feelings are more important than others.The dersision is not for the idea that each person is important, but for the failure to integrate this lesson into whole-person maturity that is balanced by the relative insignificance of the individual next to the greater good. Prime example: Those that say hearing contrary arguments to their beliefs is equal to violence against them, because they are so distressed it causes them PTSD.Snowflakes.Likewise, the #metoo movement is itself a very good thing. Women speaking out about sexual assault and sexual harassment is important. But some of those on the far left of this issue have used it to push a \u201cguilty until proven innocent\u201d and \u201cif I feel uncomfortable, you are wrong\u201d mentality which got a lot of pushback. People calling for moderation and clear thinking were lambasted before the reactions against them were in turn pushed back.It\u2019s the reactionary and subjective nature of part of the movement which Trump is responding to. Actually, he\u2019s responding to what his base supporters have been saying, the concerns they\u2019ve been voicing. Trump follows the crowd in speaking out against whatever issue they are currently decrying, echoing their sentiments almost exactly.Whether the #metoo movement has actually gone too far or not, whether the right wing characterization of the movement is accurate or not, it\u2019s not wrong to make a social comment on the state of society in reference to it. It might be mistaken, but it\u2019s not offensive or inappropriate.Applying it to President TrumpArguments are good or bad on their own merits; it doesn\u2019t really matter who says them. That\u2019s logic. It doesn\u2019t matter if Donald Trump says the excesses of the #metoo movement highlights flaws in the current generation, if Ben Shapiro says it, or if its a random commentor on a YouTube video. It\u2019s truth value (true or false) remains the same regardless.But, what does matter is the morality of the act of speaking the statement.It\u2019s perfectly fine to say \u201csmoking can kill you, you shouldn\u2019t do it,\u201d but if you\u2019re a smoker it\u2019s hypocritical. Or you can say, \u201csmoking is fine, do what you want,\u201d but if you know it causes harm and are profiting from this it\u2019s immoral. It is worse if you are in a position of social influence, like a teacher, celebrity, religious figure, etc.Trump is a notorious womanizer, philanderer, and an egotistical elitist who has not only been outed as having made perverted comments about women, he\u2019s said sexist things during the campaign and possibly during his presidency. Him commenting on the issue of sexual harrassment and sexual assault, especially by men in positions of power of those women, is hypocritical and/or self-serving.A Drop in the BucketAs far as bad things said by President Trump, this is small potatoes. He\u2019s said so many demeaning, improper, crude, and downright immoral things over the years that this barely even registers. Here it\u2019s not what he said, really, but who said it, and that\u2019s far from the worst offense this president has ever made.47 Views", "title": "Safe spaces and trigger warnings: Defining the debate", "image": "-", "a_link": "https://www.voxmagazine.com/news/safe-spaces-and-trigger-warnings-defining-the-debate/article_65bf30d6-ea1d-514a-8ade-49b43bf55459.html", "favicon": "https://www.voxmagazine.com/content/tncms/site/icon.ico"}, {"meta_description": "Matt Damon first faced criticism in response to an ABC News interview that aired last Tuesday.", "a_link_text": "People calling for moderation and clear thinking were lambasted", "domain": "www.bostonglobe.com", "a_link_answer_id": "__w2_wCEJvKSP9_answer", "video": "-", "a_link_answer_text": "  Michael Thigpen, conservative critical of TrumpAnswered 14w ago \u00b7 Author has 142 answers and 8.5k answer viewsPresident Trump is a crass, undignified, jerk. He\u2019s not fit to be president. However, his reference to the #metoo movement wasn\u2019t really mocking. It was more derisive of the generation of people.If it weren\u2019t for it being Donald Trump who had said it, it would have been perfectly fine.Understanding the Meaning and ContextYou can equate Donald Trump\u2019s comment with calling liberals \u201csnowflakes\u201d, which is a wonderful concept which posits that we are all unique, special, and have our own value. Most conservatives (like myself) believe in this wholeheartedly. Yet, still, some use the term to describe adults who seem to believe their feelings are more important than others.The dersision is not for the idea that each person is important, but for the failure to integrate this lesson into whole-person maturity that is balanced by the relative insignificance of the individual next to the greater good. Prime example: Those that say hearing contrary arguments to their beliefs is equal to violence against them, because they are so distressed it causes them PTSD.Snowflakes.Likewise, the #metoo movement is itself a very good thing. Women speaking out about sexual assault and sexual harassment is important. But some of those on the far left of this issue have used it to push a \u201cguilty until proven innocent\u201d and \u201cif I feel uncomfortable, you are wrong\u201d mentality which got a lot of pushback. People calling for moderation and clear thinking were lambasted before the reactions against them were in turn pushed back.It\u2019s the reactionary and subjective nature of part of the movement which Trump is responding to. Actually, he\u2019s responding to what his base supporters have been saying, the concerns they\u2019ve been voicing. Trump follows the crowd in speaking out against whatever issue they are currently decrying, echoing their sentiments almost exactly.Whether the #metoo movement has actually gone too far or not, whether the right wing characterization of the movement is accurate or not, it\u2019s not wrong to make a social comment on the state of society in reference to it. It might be mistaken, but it\u2019s not offensive or inappropriate.Applying it to President TrumpArguments are good or bad on their own merits; it doesn\u2019t really matter who says them. That\u2019s logic. It doesn\u2019t matter if Donald Trump says the excesses of the #metoo movement highlights flaws in the current generation, if Ben Shapiro says it, or if its a random commentor on a YouTube video. It\u2019s truth value (true or false) remains the same regardless.But, what does matter is the morality of the act of speaking the statement.It\u2019s perfectly fine to say \u201csmoking can kill you, you shouldn\u2019t do it,\u201d but if you\u2019re a smoker it\u2019s hypocritical. Or you can say, \u201csmoking is fine, do what you want,\u201d but if you know it causes harm and are profiting from this it\u2019s immoral. It is worse if you are in a position of social influence, like a teacher, celebrity, religious figure, etc.Trump is a notorious womanizer, philanderer, and an egotistical elitist who has not only been outed as having made perverted comments about women, he\u2019s said sexist things during the campaign and possibly during his presidency. Him commenting on the issue of sexual harrassment and sexual assault, especially by men in positions of power of those women, is hypocritical and/or self-serving.A Drop in the BucketAs far as bad things said by President Trump, this is small potatoes. He\u2019s said so many demeaning, improper, crude, and downright immoral things over the years that this barely even registers. Here it\u2019s not what he said, really, but who said it, and that\u2019s far from the worst offense this president has ever made.47 Views", "title": "Here\u2019s what Matt Damon said about #MeToo, and the backlash that followed - The Boston Globe", "image": "https://www.bostonglobe.com/rf/image_585w/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/15/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/a6d912326c0f4025b1e15bfbc24438d6-a6d912326c0f4025b1e15bfbc24438d6-0.jpg", "a_link": "https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2017/12/19/here-what-matt-damon-said-about-metoo-and-backlash-that-followed/PNOjcVddMV9rQ13eqsDm4I/story.html", "favicon": "/rw/SysConfig/WebPortal/BostonGlobe/Framework/bg-images/png/favicon/apple-touch-icon-57x57.png"}]}, "/Did-Donald-Trump-make-a-valid-point-when-noting-with-regard-to-metoo-that-people-s-lives-are-being-shattered-and-destroyed-by-a-mere-allegation": {"text": "Did Donald Trump make a valid point when noting with regard to #metoo that people\u2019s lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation?", "links": [{"meta_description": "", "a_link_text": "illegal to spank in public", "domain": "kidjacked.com", "a_link_answer_id": "__w2_wzCUbtvQ24_answer", "video": "http://www.youtube.com/embed/8qu2xasJ4yU", "a_link_answer_text": "  Tim Ventura, Digital Marketing ExecutiveAnswered 34w ago \u00b7 Author has 1k answers and 5.7m answer viewsWhy don\u2019t we translate #MeToo into something more gender-neutral and see what the ladies think of it:You\u2019re at the store and your toddler is misbehaving, so you give them a swat on the butt. You know that it\u2019s illegal to spank in public, but you think nobody saw you do it. You thought wrong.A store clerk saw you do it on the security cam - they call in your license plates & report you for child abuse. Next thing you know the child is in foster care, you\u2019re in jail, after you\u2019re released you\u2019ll have to agree to years of anger management counseling to get your baby back.But it gets worse: from the minute Child Protective Services shows up at your door, your neighbors begin to shun you, and of course you\u2019re immediately fired from work, unable to get another job in your profession because of your reputation.People in your community start to whisper when you\u2019re around. Nobody will let their kids over for a play date. Maybe somebody slashes the tires on your minivan. You\u2019ve promised yourself that you\u2019ll never spank again, but it\u2019s too late - you\u2019ve been stigmatized as an abuser.The example above is similar to #MeToo - except that in the case of #MeToo, there\u2019s no court, no conviction, and no due process. It\u2019s simply their word against yours, and since \u201cwomen don\u2019t lie about sexual misconduct\u201d their word is law.Now in cases like Harvey Weinstein, you\u2019ve got overwhelming circumstantial evidence to suggest that he did it. In Louis C.K.\u2019s case, you\u2019ve got an admission of guilt and apology.Rob Porter\u2019s basically another Weinstein - he\u2019s not a good case example because everybody knew this was something he was guilty of. You\u2019ve got photos of a black eye, background-check problems because of it, lots of evidence all over the place.Nonetheless, not everybody\u2019s a Weinstein or Porter, and last time I checked women lie just about as much as men do. That\u2019s kind of what Trump was getting at.9.1k Views \u00b7 View Upvoters", "title": "State by State Spanking Laws", "image": "http://kidjacked.com/images/masthead.gif", "a_link": "http://kidjacked.com/legal/spanking_law.asp#washington", "favicon": "/favicon.ico"}, {"meta_description": "", "a_link_text": "Trump\u2019s History of Defending Men Accused of Hurting Women", "domain": "www.google.com", "a_link_answer_id": "__w2_wIht4Vsu44_answer", "video": "-", "a_link_answer_text": "  Phil Karasick, studied Computer Programming & Accounting at Langara College (1983)Answered 34w ago \u00b7 Author has 872 answers and 263.8k answer viewsNo.As usual, and as has been the pattern throughout his life, Donald Trump completely ignores, belittles and minimizes the tremendous harm and damage that he, and men like him, have done to the women whom he, and they, have abused.Let's be very clear and direct about what is going on and what he means.When Donald Trump frets about \"lives being destroyed\", he is not talking about the lives of WOMEN.He is not referring to the countless women whose lives have already been shattered and immensely damaged by physical, sexual, mental and psychological abuse - at the hands of men.Rather, his sole and only concern is for the lives of \u2026 Men.As for the women, they are never even mentioned by him.Because, as far as he is concerned, they do not even really exist.To Donald J. Trump, women are merely disposable objects. They are props which are used to fill in the blanks of man's existence.They are seen in the home, raising and caring for the children.They are seen, occasionally, in the workplace, earning a living, but only, in his mind, until they get married and stay home.And, they are seen, in the manner in which he most enjoys them, as objects and instruments of pleasure.Other than that, as far as Donald J. Trump is concerned, women don't really exist and do not need to be given any thought or concern.If men such as Donald J. Trump were not so haughtily and arrogantly inflicting abuse upon millions of women\u2026\u2026 there would never be a #MeToo movement.it would not exist.Because, there would be no need for it.Trump\u2019s History of Defending Men Accused of Hurting Women215 Views \u00b7 View Upvoters", "title": "Redirect Notice", "image": "", "a_link": "https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.nytimes.com/2018/02/11/us/trump-sexual-misconduct.amp.html", "favicon": ""}, {"meta_description": "Presidential campaign disavows aide's comments amid controversy", "a_link_text": "Donald Trump Lawyer Sorry for Saying 'You Can't Rape Your Spouse'", "domain": "time.com", "a_link_answer_id": "__w2_wsL6Cb6m54_answer", "video": "-", "a_link_answer_text": "  Judy Klass, Truman Scholar, D.Phil Political Science/Latin American Studies, bookish wonkAnswered 27w ago \u00b7 Author has 763 answers and 2.2m answer viewsThere are cases where people are too quick to believe allegations. I\u2019m still angry that Senator Al Franken was forced out of office by Congressional Democrats, and about the whole way that went down. I think it\u2019s possible LeeAnn Tweeden got together with Sean Hannity and/or Roger Stone and they found a way to weaponize that photo \u2014 when perhaps neither Tweeden nor Franken remember if she was awake or not when it was taken. Tweeden apparently remained Al Franken\u2019s friend for years afterward \u2014 attending a USO event to honor him years later. That doesn\u2019t really jibe with her story. She is a political figure; she never apologized to Shirley Sherrod for calling her a racist. Franken may have been framed and hustled out like Sherrod. (See? Smears don\u2019t just happen to men, when lying Republican organizations and media projects get involved.) Tweeden admired Trump for leading the lying, racist Birther movement. So, apparently smearing Democrats with untruths is not something she has a problem with \u2026 Senator Franken called for an ethics investigation in the Senate and that was the correct thing to do. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand wants to lead the much-needed reform movement in terms of how harassment and assault in the military are adjudicated, but she lost credibility when she led the stampede to hustle Senator Franken out of office. She should have more respect for due process, and so should all the Democrats who joined her in demanding that Franken resign. We need smart, meaningful, systemic reform, and part of bringing it about must be putting in place safeguards to protect those who are falsely accused.Having said that \u2014 Trump is not the person to be making this case. He does not have as many accusers as serial predator Bill Cosby or Harvey Weinstein or Dr. Larry Nassar, but Trump has a lot: more than a dozen. And many of them have people who corroborate their stories from years earlier. He has more women saying he harassed or assaulted them than there are men who say Jerry Sandusky molested them when they were young boys. And Trump has bragged about doing the things he is accused of doing \u2014 not just to Billy Bush in a supposedly private conversation, but also on the Howard Stern Show, when he boasted about walking into the changing rooms in beauty pageants when women and teens were naked or semi-naked. His reasoning was that he owned the pageant so he had a right to \u201cinspect\u201d the naked women and teens. Some of them have corroborated that he did this.Perhaps the first person to accuse Donald Trump of rape was his first wife Ivana. During their divorce proceedings, she said that toward the end of their marriage, she recommended a doctor who treated baldness she\u2019d heard good things about. Trump had a bad experience with this doctor. They hadn\u2019t slept together in a long time, but he came home furious, and violently raped her while shouting at her and ripping tufts of hair out of her scalp. What is most significant about this story is that Trump and his legal team did not deny that it happened in the way that Ivana Trump described. Their argument during the divorce was that it was not rape because \u201cyou can\u2019t rape your spouse.\u201d Now, it\u2019s true that, long ago, it used to be legal for men to rape their wives because their wives were viewed as property or chattels. However, this was no longer legally the case in New York when the divorce happened in 1992. Still, AS RECENTLY AS 2015, Trump\u2019s sleazy lawyer Michael Cohen (who paid Stormy Daniels $130,000 of his own money during the 2016 campaign to sign an NDA, he says, just because he\u2019s that kind of generous lawyer) used the \u201cit wasn\u2019t rape because you can\u2019t rape your spouse\u201d argument in regard to Trump raping Ivana. But this didn\u2019t sound so good \u2014 it didn\u2019t cast candidate Trump in a very good light. So, Michael Cohen then said he was so surprised and traumatized by the reporter\u2019s shocking question (which referred to an incident Michael Cohen had known about for decades), that he had misspoken and blurted out \u201cIt wasn\u2019t rape because you can\u2019t rape your spouse\u201d the way someone might blurt out \u201cHeavens to Betsy!\u201d when he hears something upsetting. Or something.Donald Trump Lawyer Sorry for Saying 'You Can't Rape Your Spouse'So, while it\u2019s true that it\u2019s traumatic for those falsely accused of sexual crimes if their rights are not protected \u2014 it\u2019s also traumatic for those who are the victims of sexual crimes when the perps get no punishment, which is all too often the case, still, and the victims of harassment, assault and abuse all too often, still, do not have their rights protected. And their lives get shattered and destroyed. And it\u2019s kind of traumatic for women everywhere (as well as for men who have been harassed and assaulted) that we now have a sexual predator in the White House, that we knew of more than a dozen of his victims before the election, that we knew he was a self-confessed sexual predator before the election \u2014 and that so many men and women do not care that Donald Trump is a sexual predator, and voted for him anyway. It sickens and demoralizes and traumatizes a lot of people every single day \u2014 just knowing that a man like that is in the White House.4.6k Views \u00b7 View Upvoters \u00b7 Answer requested by  Matthew Blue", "title": "Donald Trump Lawyer Sorry for Saying 'You Can't Rape Your Spouse'", "image": "https://timedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/2016-candidate-hillary-clinton.jpg", "a_link": "http://time.com/3974560/donald-trump-rape-ivana-michael-cohen/", "favicon": "/favicon.ico"}]}}