On Tuesday, the Democratic Coalition Against Trump unearthed remarks Kellyanne Conway, Donald Trump's new campaign manager, made in January 2013 suggesting that rape is women's fault. If they weren't so weak, Conway suggested, they'd be able to fight off their attackers.
"If we were physiologically — not mentally, emotionally, professionally — equal to men, if we were physiologically as strong as men, rape would not exist," Conway said on the PBS show To the Contrary at the time.
"You would be able to defend yourself and fight him off."
According to CNN, Conway offered the remarks offhandedly during a panel discussion on women in combat.
While the remarks may be three years old, they've resurfaced during a fever pitch in national conversations about sexual assault — many of which are colored by victim-blaming and male entitlement. Chessy Prout broke her silence on Tuesday to speak out about how her classmates at St. Paul's taunted her after she'd been sexually assaulted by Owen Labrie. And on Friday, Stanford rapist Brock Turner will be released from jail, after serving just three months of his six-month sentence for three felony sexual assault charges.
"We cannot have a reality show in the White House," Lucia told CNN. "The stakes are just too high, especially for women."
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"If we were physiologically — not mentally, emotionally, professionally — equal to men, if we were physiologically as strong as men, rape would not exist," Conway said on the PBS show To the Contrary at the time.
"You would be able to defend yourself and fight him off."
According to CNN, Conway offered the remarks offhandedly during a panel discussion on women in combat.
While the remarks may be three years old, they've resurfaced during a fever pitch in national conversations about sexual assault — many of which are colored by victim-blaming and male entitlement. Chessy Prout broke her silence on Tuesday to speak out about how her classmates at St. Paul's taunted her after she'd been sexually assaulted by Owen Labrie. And on Friday, Stanford rapist Brock Turner will be released from jail, after serving just three months of his six-month sentence for three felony sexual assault charges.
"We cannot have a reality show in the White House," Lucia told CNN. "The stakes are just too high, especially for women."
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