Democrat Congresswoman Blames Sexual Assault On Women Who Appear Too Inviting [View all]

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Source: Mediaite

by Caleb Ecarma 11:23 am, October 19th, 2017

Every few weeks a random congressional representative will stumble out of the shadows of obscurity and make national headlines by saying something outrageously sexist, racist, or otherwise offensive its a tale as old as the 1st United States Congress.

Typically, its an old GOP congressman who will say something like [Black people] hate white people because white people are successful or perhaps theyll blame a white nationalist rally on a Obama sympathizer. However, this time, the wildly offensive comment was made by a Democratic congresswoman, who blamed victims of sexual assault on the actions of women.

In an interview with NBC5, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas weighed in on the Harvey Weinstein scandal by saying women could avoid sexual harassment if they wanted to by simply appearing less inviting.

I grew up in a time when it was as much the womans responsibility as it was a mans how you were dressed, what your behavior was, she said. Im from the old school that you can have behaviors that appear to be inviting. It can be interpreted as such.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/tv/democrat-congresswoman-blames-sexual-assault-on-women-who-appear-too-inviting/

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I spent about 20 minutes asking myself if I should post this story; but then I realized that not posting would be precisely the thing a Republican would do. They love reporting on the screwups of our party, even making shit up out of thin air on many occasions, but when one of their own steps in it (a weekly--and in Trump's case daily!) occurrence, "Well, this is not the time to discuss ________." So damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!

ON EDIT: I am very much aware that the term "Democrat Party" is used as a slur by Republicans. (Remember Bob Dole talking about "Democrat Wars" in his 1976 debate with Mondale?) But, at the time I came across the story, I could find only two other websites carrying it: The Daily Caller, which is 100% right-wing, and Newsmax, which is 100% alt-right-wing. Mediaite, on the other hand, at least has some centrist writers (I'd estimate 40%).