Dangerous Donald

Screenshot of tweet describing the #repealthe19th trend
Screenshot of tweet describing the #repealthe19th trend

Donald Trump has proven time and time again to make incredibly sexist comments. From the nineties calling women “beautiful pieces of ass” to the recent video leak from 2005 , his views can be described as misogynistic, objectifying, and vastly inappropriate for anyone (but especially a presidential candidate) to say. His comments also set an example that is extremely dangerous for his supporters to hear, encouraging sexual assault- and in a more broad sense, viewing women as subservient objects rather than active members of society.

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Nate Silver released a graph that showed that Donald Trump would win if only men voted, emphasizing the polarization of genders in this election. The response to this graph was incredibly alarming. Supporters of Trump, many of whom being the working class, began tweeting about how if women were standing in the way of a Trump victory than they should not be able to vote at all, and thus the #repealthe19th was born. This hashtag alludes to the 19th amendment that granted women the right to vote. The calls to repeal this amendment, at first may seem unrelated to the sexist Trump comments addressed earlier in this post, but in fact echo the exact same theme, women should not be treated as equals.

Trump supporters view him as having some sort of credibility (or ethos), therefor his remarks that are against women validate their remarks because they see what he says as (if not okay) excusable given his position of power and potentiol for even more power. These supporters voices will be trickled down into their communities and if Trump wins, also be validated creating a dangerous waterfall of female objectification.

 

2 thoughts on “Dangerous Donald

  1. Excellent use of the media. The visualization of what would happen if only men voted shows how drastic the effect of Trump’s rhetoric actually is. I like how you alluded that the way Trump speaks, what he says, and the allegations all lead to his male supporters calling for action of repealing the 19th amendment. This shows how Trump is basically creating an army and gets citizens not only to on board to what he is saying, but also taking it a step further to expedite their end goal. The waterfall starts with Trump and his supporters that are moving to #repealthe19th are only deepening the cliff.

  2. I really like your inclusion of NBC News’s tweet. It amazes me how Trump supporters constantly takes the things he says and runs with it. They give him credit for the craziest stuff. I don’t understand where the logic is in the idea that women should now not be able to vote if they are standing in his way during the election. This is all really baffling. If Trump says jump….his supporters.. jump.

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