A hot mic, groping charges and sexting: 2016 has not been a good year for men

[DonViejo]

By Mary Jordan November 2 at 2:19 PM

This presidential election has been downright embarrassing to men. In its closing days, that’s how a lot of men, including Ken Oldham, see the 2016 campaign.

So many of its lowest moments involved men and sex: Donald Trump’s vulgar boasts on the “Access Hollywood” video about kissing women and grabbing their crotches. Women, one after another, accusing Trump of groping them. Women who had accused Bill Clinton of sexual misconduct showing up at a presidential debate. And now, a new FBI inquiry into Hillary Clinton’s emails — triggered by, of all things, an investigation of illicit texts allegedly sent to an underage girl by the husband of a Clinton top aide.

“It’s disgusting,” said Oldham, 40, president of the United Way in Frederick, Md. “Men have not looked good in this election.”

“The vast majority of men are decent, civil human beings, and I don’t think we can be silent anymore,” said Oldham, who joined the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes fundraiser in downtown Frederick on Sunday to raise money to help survivors of sexual assault.

To make a point, Oldham and two dozen men did the walk in high heels. “It was the first time I had the guts to put on a pair of pumps and walk publicly through town,” he said.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-hot-mic-groping-charges-and-sexting-2016-has-not-been-a-good-year-for-men/2016/11/02/280d1694-a042-11e6-8832-23a007c77bb4_story.html?wpisrc=nl_evening&wpmm=1

[tonyt53]

2. Got to disagree. Us men to pretty darned well all of the time. We made it that way.

I'm going to be honest and ask, do you think most men are really concerned about the things brought up in the article? As a man, I'll say it out front, no, most don't and most do not get anything remotely related to why we should feel badly. Was it our upbringing? Our schools? Hell, I don't know. I had a very strong mother and four sisters, plus a strong wife and daughter, so i get it, but most men won't.

[MindPilot]

3. I'm not the least bit embarrassed.

I had barely even heard of Donald Trump before the election--which is probably true for a lot of us who don't live in New York--so the actions of some dumbass a continent away are something for which I am in no way accountable.