Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Me Too Founder Tarana Burke Calls Biden's Response 'Disrespectful And Inexcusable' [View all]Lazy Daisy
(928 posts)But know you are not alone. 1 in 4 women have been raped. In varying degrees from passed out and raped to full on violent beating and rape. Include sexually assaulted and that number goes up a great deal. Many women don't report their rapes. I didn't report mine.
Talking about the trauma of feeling uncomfortable when somebody you hardly know shows too familiar of affection, then feeling loss of control about what can be done about it because that person holds some sort of sway doesn't diminish your trauma in any way. We don't measure a woman's trauma by the severity. This isn't a contest. There are no medals given for having a gun held to your head while your drunken spouse does what he wants to your body, repeatedly. Nor do we tell a women who had her ass grabbed on the bus to just get over it, it wasn't that bad.
Joe Biden is an affectionate person. That's great for the people he calls friends and loved ones. But this isn't the first time his affectionate ways have been brought to his attention. In the past it's been called out and the person in question gave him cover, as women have been taught to do for generations. So Joe, being a man with power and prestige listened to all the people telling him it was OK and he's a great guy, because society told him it was OK and he's a great guy.
Now we have women speaking out. Speaking truth. It's not OK. This is my life, my personal space, my voice. You don't get to be overly familiar with me because YOU like to be affectionate. You don't get to be a great guy at my expense.
When the story came out, I gave Joe a pass because society has been telling him his whole life his actions were OK. When he apologized and said he's listening and learning I thought he was FKN awesome. Then he made fun..............................
So now we're back to Joe Biden getting to enjoy being an affectionate person to whomever he chooses cause he's a great guy and damn it, he's entitled to feel good about giving affection to people he barely knows.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided