Content warning: This article concerns Donald Trump's comments on women, and as such includes misogynistic language and references to sexual assault.
So, Donald, here we are again.
I have to admit, this wasn't a position I ever expected to be in. This wasn't a world that I ever expected to be in. But we're here, and you won the election fair and square (in spite of the fact that you failed to get the popular vote and are therefore taking office thanks to a questionable relic of our democratic system). So I suppose I owe you congratulations.
In fact, Donald, I was so moved by some of your words that I decided to take some pictures in an effort to represent how much they mean to me. After all, the words of the president elect really say a lot about the state of our nation, don't they? Let's take a walk down memory lane, and reminisce about some of the inspiring statements that you've made about women like me over the years.
On Hillary Clinton's ability to be president, September, 2016: "She doesn't have the look."
On female employees getting pregnant, 2004: "It is an inconvenience for a person running a business."
In an interview with radio host Howard Stern, around 2004: "A person who is very flat-chested is very hard to be a ten."
Regarding sexually assaulting women, on the set of "Days of Our Lives," 2005: "When you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Whatever you want."
In response to "Celebrity Apprentice" contestant Brande Roderick claiming that she was on her knees begging for a position on her team, 2013: "That must be a pretty picture, you dropping to your knees."
"New York Magazine," from the nonfiction article "Fighting Back" by Julie Baumgold, November, 1992: "Trump is talking about women [to Philip Johnson] and says, 'You have to treat 'em like shit.'"
On Miss Universe Winner Alicia Machado, after she won the title in 1996: "Miss Piggy, Miss Housekeeping...." Machado asserts that her treatment during this time period led to years of depression and eating disorders, including anorexia and bulimia.
Speaking to a reporter about the importance of external beauty in the mid-2000s (seen in this clip at 5:09): "The look obviously matters. Like you wouldn't have your job if you weren't beautiful."
An interview with ABC, 1994: "I think that putting a wife to work is a very dangerous thing."
An assortment, dating from 1980 to 2016 about people from former employees to sexual partners to Hillary Clinton.
At a rally in March, 2016, discussing his intentions to defund Planned Parenthood: "I'm going to be really good for women. I'm going to be good for women's health issues. It's very important to me."
Oh, and one last point, Donald: during the second presidential debate this year, you were asked whether or not you had ever sexually assaulted women. In response, you said, "I have great respect for women. Nobody has more respect for women than I do." And let me tell you Donald, I sure am glad to hear that.
After all, what would women do if they found out that the leader of their nation had utterly no respect for them at all?
