Trump campaign manager: If women were stronger, rape wouldn't exist

[Liberal_in_LA]

Source: Ajc

This time, it's Trump's newest campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway. She was taking part in a round-table discussion on PBS' "To The Contrary" in 2013 when she said this about rape:

"If we were physiologically — not mentally, emotionally, professionally equal to men. If we were physiologically as strong as men, rape would not exist. You would be able to defend yourself," Conway said.

What makes the clip even stranger is that Conway made the remarks unprompted. The panel was discussing women in the military and how much physical strength female soldiers should have compared to their male counterparts. The point about rape seemingly came out of left field.

The statement seems to ignore that some female sexual assault survivors are drugged or otherwise incapacitated. It also fails to take into account that 9 percent of rape or sexual assault survivors are male, according to a U.S. Department of Justice-sponsored study.

Read more: http://m.ajc.com/news/news/national/trump-campaign-manager-if-women-were-stronger-rape/nsPRw/

[ProfessorGAC]

1. Every Time I Think It Can't Get Dumber. . .

Wrong again. What a maroon!

[get the red out]

2. And she could fight off who?

And would that be her fault? I fail to understand how physical strength justifies rape?

[bucolic_frolic]

3. You don't have to worry, Kellyanne

you are in no danger of being mentally superior to anyone

[trusty elf]

4. Jebus H, these people have no morals, no soul.

Speaking of rape......

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[Vinca]

5. That whole campaign is like a big, noxious cloud.

[turbinetree]

6. I think it time for some Airplane, for some sanity, she actually said that----------amazing

[SunSeeker]

7. K & R for exposure of idiot. nt

[cstanleytech]

8. *sigh*

[mahannah]

9. Rape is a crime of violence.

[crim son]

10. This is true.

Also, if men were six inches tall, rape wouldn't exist. Her point?

[NewJeffCT]

22. The obvious solution is

that women need to go out & get bitten by radioactive spiders so they're much stronger than men.

[Akicita]

37. Or buy a gun. The great equalizer for women. Women buying guns for protection is the fastest growing

demographic for gun purchases. Women are no longer going to lay back and take it like that Texas repuke governor candidate once suggested.

[crim son]

44. Nope.

Not for me, anyway. I have had clinical depression my entire life and at times sink pretty low. No way I'd keep a gun in my house, even now that the only child living here is seventeen.

I hate guns. Hate them.

[Humanist_Activist]

41. No its not true.

Hell, look at the comments on this thread, shows quite a few examples that dispel the myth you are promoting.

https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/50dile/kellyanne_conway_if_women_men_had_equal_strength/

[crim son]

46. Some of those comments are represented in this thread, actually.

And I was kidding, not promoting a myth. No sane person could possibly take this woman's claims seriously; I certainly did not.

[Moonwalk]

43. Okay. Now you've got me imagining a world with 6" men. Would women collect them and keep them in...

...little terrariums? Would they, rather like Pokemon, engage in contests with them, not only setting up one-on-one battles but battles of tiny warrior tribes? Would they groom them, coo over them and feed them treats?

[crim son]

45. Hard to say. I think I would treat them well,

like I do my cats.

[Odin2005]

11. Right, so my physically disabled friend should have just fought harder, right.

Fuck that BS!

[msanthrope]

12. Everyday, her Stockholm Syndrome gets worse. nt

[raccoon]

13. And if your aunt had cojones, she'd be your uncle, Ms. Conway. What an idiot. nt

[Javaman]

14. just another self loathing right wing moron working hard against her own best interests. nt

[trixie]

21. that was the best sentence I've seen in a long time

[Aviation Pro]

15. Something you want to tell us...

...Kellyanne? Putting it as delicately as I can, were you a victim?

[truthisfreedom]

16. Whatever Donald has...

It's catching.

[turbinetree]

17. Dear Kellyannne Conway and Steve Bannon

can you and Mr. Bannon have an answer to this report, I think the public has a right to know, since your "guy" and "everyone", in the "republican party, from Paul Ryan, every republican Congressman and woman, Mitch McConnell, and every republican U.S Senate men and woman on down:

says that what he is saying is wrong, but will still "vote" for him because he is better than the democratic candidate-----------really:

What say the republican party..........................he owns you and you own him, lets not forget this point, and this article should be asked in every campaign debate, in the MSM when confronted in this country, do you still endorse and will vote for Donald J. Trump?

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/08/donald-trump-model-management-illegal-immigration

[Cryptoad]

18. Now we know ,,,,

who worked with Ben Carson on his research of those big pyramid Grain bins!

[Friend or Foe]

19. If wishes were horses

Beggars would ride!

Kellyanne gives new meaning to all the blond jokes that I've forgotten by now.

[question everything]

20. To be fair

This is from 2013. And after the Akin disaster she has been telling her clients that "rape" is a four letter word that should not be used in any campaign.

[Stonepounder]

24. Well, OK. But...remember how the GOP grabbed something Bernie wrote when he was in

college and tried to make a yugggggge thing out of it?

And anyway, my comeback to the original comment would be:

Well, I guess if men didn't have penises then we wouldn't need the Lorena Bobbitts of the world.

[Akicita]

38. You are scary. Bobbit was crazy. Mutilation of sex organs should not be promoted.

[Stonepounder]

39. I didn't think I needed a 'sarcasm' or a 'joke' tag for my post. n/t

[Akicita]

40. Not much of a joke. I sure don't make FGM jokes.

[LanternWaste]

50. Most likely because FGM is a standard rather than an statistical aberration.

Most likely because FGM is a standard rather than an statistical aberration. However, should you need to pretend they are both as widespread, by all means... it's a standard form of advancing inaccurate narratives.

[Akicita]

52. No, it is because joking about mutilating someone's genitals is offensive, whether it happens a lot

in reality or not.

[NewJeffCT]

34. One good statement from her

in response to HUGE public relations gaffes by Republicans doesn't make up for her statement in the OP. And, I'm sure most publicists would have had similar advice for Republicans at the time.

What's next from her? Is she going to say that if only Trayvon Martin or Michael Brown were bulletproof, they'd be okay? If only people could fly, we'd have far fewer car accidents?

[treestar]

23. I'm sure there are some women who can fight it off

In fact when younger I took a class in self defense. No guns, either. There are all kinds of things we can learn to do.

[truthisfreedom]

25. OMFG she worked for Todd Akin

The guy who claimed women can't get pregnant during rape... WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE? oh never mind, they're FUCKING SICKOS.

https://thinkprogress.org/kellyanne-conway-trump-c6b04fba7c12#.3cw0a1gx8

[3catwoman3]

42. I thought you were kidding about her working for Akin.

Alas, not. And she was hired to "win over women?" Good luck with that.

That a woman would even say such a thing is despicable!

[Thinkingabout]

26. Maybe the answer would be th incarcerate men like Trump.

[ehrnst]

27. If men knew how to please women sexually, they wouldn't have to pay for it.

So there.

[packman]

28. Females voting Republican - Masochists?

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[47of74]

29. God, the fucking stupid is contagious

[arithia]

30. the stupid... it hurts

just... wow.

[Shankapotomus]

31. Yes, if only all women were men

All our problems would disappear.

[sarge43]

48. Of course, because men never assault each other

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2015/03/20/male-on-male-sexual-assault-in-the-military-not-addressed-enough-and-hard-to-fix-investigation-finds

[getagrip_already]

32. ok then, why do men get raped?

Must just be the whimpier/weaker men I guess.

Not.

[leftynyc]

33. I scrolled through to

make sure somebody made this point.

[Blue Idaho]

35. When this campaign is over and Trump fails miserably...

His supporters will have to answer for their stupidity, hatred, racisism, and sexism. I don't care if they are from the world of business, politics, or media. There will be consequences for their words and deeds.

Kellyanne has swallowed a poison pill and she will sink with Trump.

[Safe as Milk]

54. Why has Conway become a media star?

This woman is a propaganda shill for Trump, and somehow the cable news media wants to defer to her as some kind of responsible, diplomatic schmoozer who's such a refreshing change from the woman who used to wear bullets around her neck-- Katrina something or other. But now Conway is the darling of the Trump idiocy parade, even though she said today that women wouldn't be rape victims if they weren't the weaker sex. My God, what has happened to the national conversation? Conway is a propagandist who will NOT answer sensitive questions about Trump's statements or behavior, ever. She's just in front of cameras to put lipstick on the Pig.

[Blue Idaho]

55. Good question

She has a long history supporting all sorts of sexist and racist policy ideas. She is an unabashed über conservative nut case. Take her position on rape... She believes that if women were just as strong as men there would be no rape - ever. Why the media has decided she is the "reasonable woman" is beyond me.

[Sand Rat Expat]

56. She didn't say that today. She said it in 2013, per the article. NT

[lark]

36. More ignorance from the most ignorant campaign in America history.

Looks like she's in the right place for her, playing in the crap world of Drumpf and other white nationalists.

[FigTree]

47. In world's history.nt

[lark]

49. True dat

[Stuart G]

51. So......they are all dumber than shit..(my apologies to shit)

Reminds me of that statement by another dumb dumb...something about women can stop conception if she is raped and can will her way, by strong thoughts, to prevent pregnancy....The dumber they are....the harder they fall.........and that one was .....very very dumb...

[Safe as Milk]

53. I'm getting sick of all of this...

I'm getting tired, very tired, of Trump's insistence that he remain the main character in the 24 hour news cycle. Every cycle, every day, is consumed by Trump. MSNBC has what, 4 hours of prime time news and commentary. Trump dominates roughly 80% of every program on every day. Yes, he's losing the election. And perhaps I should be gleeful about Trump continuing to shoot himself in the foot. He's got so many feet to shoot, he's a centipede. But I digress. I've come to the point in this election season to start turning off the news programs because they're getting so predictable in their coverage of Trump, it's getting boring.

And no, I won't vote for the monster. And now I don't want to listen to him anymore or see news items about him anymore.

[Little Tich]

57. Some people say the damnedest things. n/t