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In reply to the discussion: Why Republican women still voted for Trump [View all]meadowlark5
(2,795 posts)I grew up in the midwest in a small, rural town where most families were farmers or worked at the local beef packing plant. I grew up with all of the guys talking that way towards the girls.
Last year was my class reunion. I went back and watched the 40 and 50 somethings I knew back home talk to the women in degrading ways - including me. Which I found rather astonishing as I have been moved away from there for almost 40yrs. But that's they way they talk to women and the women just laugh it off.
Example: I was at one of my classmate's house. In the door comes a friend of mine from high school and her husband. He walks in behind her, grabs her by the hips, slams his pelvis into her butt and proclaims, "Man I'm horny!" She just laughs and brings her potluck food to the counter and sets it down.
Then, I was sitting and chatting when one of the guys I know motions for me to come over to him with his index finger - you know the gesture of curling your index finger telling someone to come over to them. So, I got up and started walking over but he steps into the house. His friend is sitting there so I asked what he wanted. His friend says, "Oh, he said he could make you come with one finger." WTF?