Women Across America Respond To Trump’s Groping Comments (TWEETS)
After the tapes of Donald Trump admitting to sexual assault and speaking of women in a reprehensibly crude manner surfaced this afternoon, women across America took to Twitter to share their stories and remind us all that this kind of behavior is far more pervasive than our patriarchal society will admit.
One in five women in America will be raped in her lifetime. One in four girls will be sexually assaulted by the time she is eighteen years old. A study by the National Victim Center found that 78 American women are raped every hour. These statistics are absolutely appalling and they should deeply disturb you. If you don’t believe that rape culture in America is real, just look to Republican nominee Donald Trump – his behavior, his entitlement to women’s bodies, and his dehumanizing language when referring to women are evidence that rape culture is alive and well in the United States.
Ask any woman you know; in all likelihood, the sad truth is she’s been the victim of sexual aggression at some point in her life.
Read what American women have to say about Trump’s remarks:
Gentlemen of the internet: pretty much every woman you know has, at some point, encountered someone who behaves like Trump in the flesh.
— Alyssa Rosenberg (@AlyssaRosenberg) October 7, 2016
If you don’t think this will affect female turn out and crossover, perhaps you should ask a woman to recount all the times she was groped.
— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) October 7, 2016
Jokes aside, Trump advocating forcibly grabbing a woman by the pussy moves the GOP fight against women’s rights to a terrifying, new level.
— Amanda (@Manda_like_wine) October 7, 2016
It’s funny because every woman you know has been grabbed in the pussy by a stranger
— Siobhan Thompson (@vornietom) October 7, 2016
The first time I was grabbed in the pussy I was maybe 14? Maybe younger. I was wearing my school uniform. It was terrifying.
— Siobhan Thompson (@vornietom) October 7, 2016
PLACES I HAVE BEEN GRABBED IN THE PUSSY:
– at school
– on my way home from school
– at night clubs
– on the street
– on the subway
– at work— Siobhan Thompson (@vornietom) October 7, 2016
Do you know how many women have been “grabbed by the pussy?” A lot of us.
And we vote.
— Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) October 7, 2016
The Trump tape…Do you know how real this is for women? That we never know who talks like this after we leave a room? I feel so sick. Sick.
— Mo Ryan (@moryan) October 7, 2016
If your headline on this is anything less than “Trump caught on tape discussing how to sexually assault women,” you’re doing it wrong
— Kate Sheppard (@kate_sheppard) October 7, 2016
I’d be less surprised that Trump said things like that about women in general if he hadn’t said things like that about his actual daughter.
— OhNoSheTwitnt (@OhNoSheTwitnt) October 7, 2016
How dangerous does he have to be before we call it like it is? #Trump is celebrating sex assault #GrabHerByThePussy https://t.co/ijbZx9AOCt
— Jessica Lee (@BusquedaJess) October 7, 2016
Trump’s response isn’t an apology: it’s a criticism of people offended by his stated entitlement to women’s crotches https://t.co/gdJ58t3X8H
— Lucia Graves (@lucia_graves) October 7, 2016
Trump’s crotch-grabbing comment plays into an age-old way of dismissing rape victims: the “she was asking for it” lie.
— Lucia Graves (@lucia_graves) October 7, 2016
Question for Republicans: Why didn’t they #BelieveWomen, when over and over again women had same story re Trump. That’s contempt. https://t.co/SfdHxdXNZH
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) October 7, 2016
He wasn’t “caught” using “vulgar” language. He was entitled enough to brag about sexual assault into a likely-hot mic w a complicit journo.
— Chloe Angyal (@ChloeAngyal) October 7, 2016
This is why the movement to end sexual violence and entitlement on college campuses is so crucial. Those guys graduate.
— Chloe Angyal (@ChloeAngyal) October 7, 2016
Locker room banter supports rape culture. It’s not an excuse. Oh btw it’s Hillary who is running for President. https://t.co/uGalHOLUHX
— Left Ovaries (@TheLeftOvaries) October 7, 2016
Also, getting lost in this whole thing: the one time Trump’s ever admitted defeat he referred to it as “like a bitch.”
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) October 7, 2016
This election has me constantly on the verge of sobbing. It's not even Trump, because at least he's honest. It's misogyny in my face 24/7
— Robin (@caulkthewagon) October 7, 2016
