Could there be a starker example of the Patriarchy right now?

[Soph0571]

The double standards are just outrageous... 2019 is sooo 1919 - women just had the vote, no representation within the election system and men owned them...

Of course the right wing man has always loved a good 'witch' hunt
“Puritans don’t laugh—except at the sight of a burning witch.” John Derbyshire The religious right theocratic roots run deep with this crowd - it how they lever control and power... it has always been ever thus.

[Roy Rolling]

1. Patriarchy?

I begged her not to resign, as did many people my age and gender. She’s an adult, for chrissake, nobody forced her out, she resigned.

Nobody accused Al Franken of being forced out by patriarchy for doing the same, stupid thing.

[oldsoftie]

2. Agree.

[mahannah]

4. Also agree.

[Butterflylady]

8. Same stupid thing

I think not. Please stop lumping Al into bad behavior.

[Duppers]

9. Zactly.

Al did NOTHING wrong and I wish people would stop spreading that nonsense.

[krkaufman]

10. Same thing?

“Nobody accused Al Franken of being forced out by patriarchy for doing the same, stupid thing.”

I’m not 100% on each of these scenarios but my understanding is that they’re not the same thing; or was Franken accused of sexual relations with a staffer or campaign worker?

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. I think she both is a victim of revenge porn and that resigning for having an inappropriate

relationship was the right thing to do. And when I say "inappropriate relationship," I mean "a relationship with a campaign subordinate."

[JaneQPublic]

7. The question is...

...did she have a relationship with a campaign subordinate or did she hire someone she was having a relationship with to work on her campaign?

I would think the latter would be less of an ethics issue, since candidates commonly hire friends, spouses, relatives, etc. to work on their campaign.

[Maraya1969]

11. I don't understand the whole thing. Sure there is the possibility that a person can use their power

to influence someone who has a position under them. But sometimes people just like each other!

Is it always a damn crime? Did the other woman say she was inappropriate?

[NewJeffCT]

5. Trump is MORE than twice her age

if she's 32 and he's 73, he's more than 2 1/4 times her age.

[JaneQPublic]

6. And sexism and misogyny and double standard and hypocrisy and...

plain old unfairness.

It's a bloody rotten shame, too. Whenever Rep. Hill appeared on TV talking about the issues, she was a great spokesperson for liberal policies. She won her formerly GOP district by 9 points and would have had a bright future in politics if not for her total A-hole of a soon-to-be ex-husband.

Just wished she had decided to weather the storm and stick it out.