Joe Biden - a rant

[Victoriapestis01]

I’m feeling very deprsssed and angry tonight, about the future for women, after reading about how well Joe Biden’s campaign (if you can call it that at this stage) is going.

I was very shocked when Trump got through ‘Pussygate’ unscathed. His behaviour was repulsive and sexist and (if you take him at his word about groping women) illegal. But having seen the clips of Joe Biden with very young girls, who clearly felt distressed and embarrassed, even disgusted, by the way he was making physical contact with them, I feel even worse. Because that seems to me to be in a whole different league, and an even worse one.

It seems unbelievable to me that this isn’t being openly referred to amongst Democrat circles- the fact that this is about girls, really very young girls, children, not women.

Are we really this unimportant? Are our young daughters this unimportant? That powerful men are allowed to touch them in ways they clearly dislike?

I want to be willing believe the best of people - to listen to an innocent explanation- what shocks me I think is that no explanation seems to be being demanded.

I do feel that Biden’s behaviour is/was revolting and actually worse He’s creepy in plain sight. Saville was the same.

Trump’s comments were disgusting too and I’m not minimising it either.

It’s always jam tomorrow when it comes to women’s rights. We are expected to sacrifice ourselves for the greater good.

Yes we are that unimportant as a group. Those making excuses have bought the lie many of us are told some variation of 'that's just so-and-so he doesn't mean anything by it stop being so sensitive'. I was told that lie a million times as a child and a few times more as an adult by the same people that told me that I had a right to say no, to exert boundaries, and to speak up if someone makes me uncomfortable. These conflicting views coming from the same people is just another example of it being common practice to make excuses for some men's behavior - especially when the man in question is a loved one or revered in the community.

I.e. we are important until a man everyone likes or loves touches us then their importance invalidates ours