Trump’s campaign embraces rape culture

In the aftermath of the release of the tape of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump casually bragging about how his status allows him to “grab women by the p*ssy,” the Trump campaign has become the embodiment of rape culture, taking the national conversation along for the ride.

Surrogates on national news platforms rushed to defend Trump’s comments as just “locker room talk,” something “all men do, at least all normal men,” as Carl Paladino put it. Other defenders have gone a step further, arguing that the GOP nominee was simply trying to be manly — his son Eric Trump characterized Trump as acting like an “alpha,” while TV pastor Pat Robertson said Trump was just trying to seem “macho.”...
https://thinkprogress.org/donald-trumps-campaign-is-the-embodiment-of-rape-culture-and-toxic-masculinity-cce0e91fba5c#.vftxqxro4