'My individual sexism is my responsibility,' writes LOLGOP for usatodayopinion, 'but it’s the symptom of a society that has never had a woman president ... and women make 82 cents for every dollar their male counterparts earn.'
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez may be thankful that her father is not alive to see how Rep. Ted Yoho treated his daughter, but when I heard her on the House floor refusing to accept both the sexist abuse and, more so, the excuses Yoho offered for that abuse, I immediately thought: “Damn, I wish her dad were alive now to write a book about how to raise an AOC.
,” AOC said, as she concluded her speech. “Having a wife does not make a decent man. Treating people with dignity and respect makes a decent man, and when a decent man messes up as we all are bound to do, he tries his best and does apologize.” I can think of many women to whom I owe an apology, some who would surely be better off without being bothered by my amends. There are big things, like being a controlling jerk. And smaller things like constantly speaking over girls and women — something I did not recognize I did until I taught high school for years and saw my behavior mirrored in boys that I then had to try to guide as I tried to better myself.
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