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What power? Surely if he did that the woman could call the cops on him and make a massive media shitstorm. You actually believe he goes around assaulting women?
by slowmotiony 10y ago
What power? Surely if he did that the woman could call the cops on him and make a massive media shitstorm. You actually believe he goes around assaulting women?
- yequalsx 10y agoThe power stemming from his fame and money. Are you being deliberately daft? Do you not understand the concept of power differential and powerlessness? Your second question suggests you have a profound misunderstanding of the sense of powerlessness victims often feel and thus don't call the cops. The cops aren't always called after every crime. You need to study more about crime and the psychology of victims/perpetrators.
- slowmotiony 10y agoI'm sure after I study crime more I will learn that Trump regularly rapes women because he made a vulgar joke. It's just that the evidence is missing, but the crimes surely have happened. Sorry about me being so daft.
- yequalsx 10y agoHe didn't make a joke. He made a claim. He said he just grabs them by the pussy. I don't believe doing this is rape. I think it may be sexual assault but I'm not versed on the legal definition of these terms. I was molested as a kid. I did not call the cops or tell anyone. I was not raped. I was molested (i.e. touched sexually without consent). You are being daft and you are not sincerely apologizing for it. You are defending a person with a lot of power who claims to grope women without their consent. If you want to argue that the claim is not correct and that he was lying the do so. But he clearly was not joking. It was not funny. You are being daft because I clearly said that you need to read up on the psychology of victims/perpetrators because you made the stupid claim that if the women really were groped then they would have called the cops. I did not say you need to do this reading so that you can conclude Donald Trump is a criminal.
- slowmotiony 10y agoOkay
- dgacmu 10y agoQuite a few people have said so: http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/10/all-the-women-accusing-trump-of-rape-sexual-assault.html http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/10/all-the-women-accusing-trump... First, let's settle on definitions: In this context, let's agree to define "assault" as including willfully touching someone's breasts or groin region without consent, and also to include kissing them on the lips without their consent. Please note I did not say "rape." I said assault: https://www.justice.gov/ovw/sexual-assault https://www.justice.gov/ovw/sexual-assault "Sexual assault is any type of sexual contact or behavior that occurs without the explicit consent of the recipient. Falling under the definition of sexual assault are sexual activities as forced sexual intercourse, forcible sodomy, child molestation, incest, fondling, and attempted rape." With that definition, then yes, I do believe that Trump has done so, and I believe the evidence supports that conclusion. One thing that I found illuminating as a result of the discussion around this was the number of my female friends and colleagues who talked about their own experiences being assaulted in these and similar ways. It's a very, very real problem.
- slowmotiony 10y agoIf the evidence supports that conclusion then how come he wasn't convicted? Is it all a big conspiracy and the judges are in on it?
- dgacmu 10y agoOK, I conclude with the other posters in this thread. You're being deliberately obtuse. Please come back when you're interested in having a good-faith discussion. plonk.
- slowmotiony 10y agoOh I see, it's because we have no evidence. But it has happened for sure so who needs evidence? :-D
- yequalsx 10y agoHmmmm...isn't him saying he did this pretty good evidence. You are trying to defend the indefensible.