longwayhome
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ORIGINAL: longwayhome Greta, I really admire how forthright you are in the forums, but trying to sugar-coat Donald Trump's abusive behaviour towards women is just getting a bit forced. Grabbing women who know that they cannot really speak up about it without bringing the mother of all shit-storms down on their heads is not excusable behaviour, even if other men have done worse. The guy is a creep who thinks he can get away with anything (and he probably can). People need to say that it's not okay or they are just excusing abusive behaviour. I am personally not getting that from Trump. I certainly do not consider him a sex predator, but just a normal guy who always tries his luck. If we are all gonna pretend, Trump couldn't possibly with his status and wealth, find consensual women, that is being totally dishonest. All it needs is a woman firm refusal and he'll back off too. I don't see him as someone who is a rapist or a molester. But someone who knows that, many women do actually allow more liberties with men of higher status and wealth to get close to them, and he has experienced it. And just saying it as it is. To me, that is not a sexual predator. A sexual predator is one who continues AFTER you say no. He quit going after the married woman very fast, when she has no interest. His behaviour when he got off the bus, he asked permission before touching that woman. We all know Trump brags. But end of the day, actions are what matter. I tell you, that one woman who claim he sexually assaulted her and tried to rape her, who actually filed a lawsuit, prior to this, she was claiming she was gonna vote for Trump. On top of that, her boyfriend was trying to do business with Trump. So she didn't like Trump attention, but probably put up with it, BECAUSE she wanted her boyfriend to get the business deal. When it didn't go through, they sued him. And he settled with them out of court, because, he knew, they were just out to get him just because the deal didn't go through. And I honestly see nothing wrong in a man saying he will wait until she grows up into an adult, before he tries her luck on her. If only ALL men can have such restraint! We wouldn't have child rapists and molesters in this world! I know what you are trying to say, but I still think you're trying a bit too hard to defend the indefensible. Even the way you tell it (and you like Donald Trump) that story just screams abuse. Even if it went down the way you describe it, it's not okay for someone to feel that she had to put up with someone's sexual attention and touching, because her boyfriend needed a business deal. It's not a wise move to put up with sexual abuse so that your boyfriend can make a living, but it's no better than a landlord thinking he can grope his tenant's wife because he "owns" them. She may have been naive and feel that she let herself down in some way, but the abuse is still down to the abuser. It doesn't matter what you wear, where you were or why you were there, abuse is still abuse. Why should someone have to put up with that behaviour to make a living? Have we come nowhere in terms of women's rights in the last 100 years?
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