As if Trump's Campaign Could Get Any More Bogus, Here's Another Blunder
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As if Trump's Campaign Could Get Any More Bogus, Here's Another Blunder

Like father like son, Donald Trump and his son poke fun at the reality of sexual harassment.

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As if Trump's Campaign Could Get Any More Bogus, Here's Another Blunder
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Throughout the duration of Trump's political campaign he's made more than a couple remarks that would make him out to be a questionable human being let alone potential candidate for the presidency. The elder Trump recently made headlines for delivering yet another bogus remark pertaining the inability of women, such as his daughter Ivanka Trump, to be subjugated to sexual harassment in the workplace, a fear that even the most "high profile" of women have to combat themselves against in a contemporary society where women's equality is a facade or at least a daunting dream that has not yet been realized. Many citizens would like to suggest the ideal that America has made huge strides in terms of the reverence that our women receive but can we really say that when presidential hopefuls such as Hillary Clinton are on the receiving end of backlash on the basis of her gender when there are several other claims, such as her sustained lies and insincere bouts of concern that don't translate as well as she might've hoped when her words or actions are revealed, that are much better arguments against her case.

While Hilary may be a liar there's one thing about the Trump clan that you can't deny, they say whatever is on their minds and many times it would appear that they don't think many of their words through before delivering them in a public space at least. Trump's son made a sad attempt to recover his father's poor choice of words by adding that his sister would not place herself in a position that would allow to be sexually harassed and in the event that she even anticipated the threat or faced any danger or discomfort, the simple solution would be to change careers or find work with another company. It is sad to say that the majority of the population doesn't share the same luxury nor should anyone be forced to excuse themselves from a position that they consider to be enjoyable to allow unjustifiable behavior to continue to persist. Women and men alike, don't ask to be assaulted or harassed a whopping 1 in 3 women will be sexually harassed in the workplace according to the Association of Women for Action And Research. With perverts and disrespectful men occupying the streets and throwing themselves at women via outbursts (or catcalls) and sometime stalking women don't even have to go as far as the workplace to be made to feel uncomfortable or harassed. In fact, women can't even depend on the justice system to punish those sexualize our bodies and take advantage of other human beings when individuals like Brock Turner are being given a pass for unruly behavior with little to no repercussions for his behavior.

While the Trump family may be very flawed in their thinking they are definitely not the only members of the male population that share that sort of thinking. The solution or at least the beginning to any sort of action is to educate men on why sexualizing the human body is not fit for any space, especially the workplace. No one should be made to endure the extreme discomfort and body of emotions that is accompanied by being sexually assaulted or harassed nor should anyone make fun of it.

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