Sexual Assault/Harassment/Misconduct

Have you ever been sexually harassed?

  • Yes, more than once.

    Votes: 14 77.8%

  • Yes, once.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • I'm not sure.

    Votes: 1 5.6%

  • No, never.

    Votes: 3 16.7%
  • Total voters
    18
The inevitable headlines are starting:
Sex Scandal in the Show Me State

Our newish governor, who harbors presidential ambitions, hasn't made friends on either side of the aisle here in Missouri:

The episode swiftly rocked the Missouri political world on the night Greitens delivered his State of the State address and just a year after he took the oath of office to become the Show Me State's 56th governor. Greitens, a political newcomer who took pride in rattling the establishments of both parties, appeared to harbor national ambitions, having already made visits to Iowa and Michigan during his first year in office.

With any idea of grander hopes likely scuttled, the more pressing question is whether Greitens can survive a gathering firestorm in Jefferson City. That will largely be determined by whether Republicans, who control most of the power levers in the state, decide to stand by a governor from their own party who has frayed relations with state lawmakers.


One GOP lawmaker in Missouri tells U.S. News that "Greitens spent a year calling every Republican in the state corrupt. I'll be shocked if any of them stand up for him as an alleged blackmailing psychopath."

GOP state Sen. Rob Schaaf also tweeted, "Stick a fork in him," while Republican state Rep. Nate Walker told a local newspaper editor he believes Greitens "has hoodwinked us."
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the Missouri scandal is likely to ripple into the state's U.S. Senate race, where GOP Attorney General Josh Hawley is seeking to challenge Sen. Claire McCaskill, the Democratic incumbent. While neither McCaskill nor Hawley had weighed in on the story by early Thursday morning, both will be expected to render a verdict on whether Greitens should resign.

The issue is particularly thorny for Hawley as the state's chief law enforcement officer, as he's likely to be pressed on whether Greitens committed a crime.

Last month, Hawley announced he would probe whether the governor and his staff violated public records laws by using a phone app that destroys text messages.

"They do not get along," says the Republican strategist, describing Hawley and Greitens as "rivals."
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https://www.usnews.com/news/nationa...c-greitens-admits-affair-accused-of-blackmail

The infighting in the GOP over this will be fun to watch.
 
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What's far more important in my mind is raising todays girls to never, never think the **** we grew up is ever, ever normal. Women coming out years, decades, after taking humiliation, assault, degradation, abuse is fine as far as their own psyche, but what's really going to matter is what they stand up to TODAY.
Why are we still having a culture where girls are having babies in their teens? Following boys who dictate how they behave, what they do? Dressing and behaving in ways to be attractive at the cost of their own desires-where being loved means being more involved in what someone else wants rather than what they want.
Am I wrong? It may be better for more women growing up today than when I was a girl. I remember playing 'charm school' where one friends sister taught us how to flirt, switch our butts, how to walk and bat our lashes. In high school dates often meant canceling plans with friends or our own projects. Boys OTOH, would tell you they had football practice, or club meeting or whatever without any thought. Girls would hope to be asked to come watch. How much has changed? From raising my boys, and knowing girls their age, I think it's unfortunate how little.
I still hear parents of little girls now talk with such distinction between girls and boys. Girls get **** on. Princesses, fashion, innocence- they don't girls the same expectation of bravery, or accomplishments.
Even looking at how transgender boys and girls are looked upon by those who have 'problems' with it- they're worried about biological males using girls bathrooms, along with complaining about them having a competitive edge on sports teams
Even the awards show recognition of the me-too movement by wearing black managed to be misogynic by focusing on who had the prettiest dress, and who wore it better. Looks still managed to outshadow achievement.
 
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I told my son today I admired how he treated women on equal terms, that he looked for strong people. He told my that of course he would, he was raised by a strong woman who did everything. Kinda brought tears to my eyes.
What was so disturbing about that? I haven't been in any relationships for most of his life. I didn't know how to blend my own self sufficiency and independence in a relationship. When I talk to other woman who have relational problems that seems to be pretty common.
 
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silva said:
I told my son today I admired how he treated women on equal terms, that he looked for strong people. He told my that of course he would, he was raised by a strong woman who did everything. Kinda brought tears to my eyes.
What was so disturbing about that? I haven't been in any relationships for most of his life. I didn't know how to blend my own self sufficiency and independence in a relationship. When I talk to other woman who have relational problems that seems to be pretty common.
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Yep, I can relate to that. I still remember my ex asking me to quit my job because he said he made enough money so that I could "stay home," which was his not-so-subtle way of telling me I wasn't doing enough to keep house, etc. It never occurred to him that maybe he could also do his part to keep house. I was so insulted that he valued my career aspirations so little, and I thought that that was a way he could control me and the finances if I had to depend solely on him for financial security. I am so glad I stood my ground and kept working. The fact that some men still think women are only good for taking care of them and keeping house is so very disheartening. We are worthy of having a career, too, dammit.
 
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PTree15 said:
Yep, I can relate to that. I still remember my ex asking me to quit my job because he said he made enough money so that I could "stay home," which was his not-so-subtle way of telling me I wasn't doing enough to keep house, etc. It never occurred to him that maybe he could also do his part to keep house. I was so insulted that he valued my career aspirations so little, and I thought that that was a way he could control me and the finances if I had to depend solely on him for financial security. I am so glad I stood my ground and kept working. The fact that some men still think women are only good for taking care of them and keeping house is so very disheartening. We are worthy of having a career, too, dammit.
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I used to read Ms. Magazine back in the 1970’s. It’s what made me a feminist. But they defended women who left home to get a job by saying, well, it would be a Twitter hashtag now: #WeWorkBecauseWeHaveTo. I understood that it WAS true for lots of women, but they didn’t much mention the women who didn’t “have” to work but chose to work. I once sent them a letter asking them to talk about THOSE women. I didn’t see much more about that until Jackie Onassis, after losing her SECOND husband, got a job as a book editor, and people were outraged because she didn’t HAVE to work. The magazine came to her defense. And then finally mentioned the women who weren’t Jackie O who chose to go to work even when they didn’t “have” to. (Women like my mother.)
 
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