Posted on 05/19/2016 8:38:02 AM PDT by Lorianne
Donald Trump has countered allegations of sexism by touting his support for female employees, saying he loves hiring women because they work harder and because it seemed to him “that there was something that they want to really prove.” Numerous studies and women leaders' own experiences show that Trump may be right — but if women do work harder, it may well be to combat sexism from men.
On the same day the New York Times published its examination of Trump’s fraught relationship with women, explaining how the presumptive Republican presidential nominee has engaged in what it called “unwelcome advances, a shrewd reliance on ambition, and unsettling workplace conduct over decades,” 17 women in the French government signed a letter saying the sexist behavior of their male colleagues must change. They complained of receiving lewd text messages, men touching their underwear and grabbing their breasts, and a politician hitting a female aide in the face, the Associated Press reported.
Even if women aren’t being directly harassed like the female politicians in France claim to have been, a roundup of research from the Harvard Business Review showed they are often subject to harsher judgment, higher standards and subconscious biases from both male and female colleagues. All of these factors can make the workplace a more difficult environment for women, who often spend more time working and being productive than their male coworkers to prove their worth.
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It’s true.
Think about the women’s US soccer team.
Last year they were in all out BRAWLS for the ball, but they never fell down, took a knee, or acted for the cameras. They even said that if they acted like the men, they’d be derided as women.
I get it. There’s always a group that HAS to work harder to prove themselves. So? There’s always going to be an underdog. Working your way off that bottom rung is the goal, this is the impetus.
Well said.
It’s already known that Trump needs more female vote.
That said, I believe you’re correct in noting Trump’s not-so-subtle way of pandering to the fem-bot “victims” demo. But there is more than a kernel of truth to what he’s stated.
THE Plan here: Trump is cleverly combining his statement while piggy-backing the news that The Benghazi Witch pays her MEN more $$$ than the WOMEN in her campaign.
Hire her, Mr. Trump. It's time to break the glass ceiling of the Vice Presidency.
That has been my experience 100%. The only women who don’t have to outwork all their male colleagues are the ones who are sleeping with the boss — and they usually get fired when his wife eventually checks the credit card bills.
The structure of the title/headline implies that Trump said the “Sexism Means They Have To” part. More leftist disingenuousness...
Another one of Chelsea’s dad’s kids?
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