"Last week, Texas Rep. Chip Roy addressed the allegations that Pete Hegseth had falsely imprisoned and forcibly raped a woman in a Monterey hotel room in 2017, saying, “You know, look, we’ve all had some indiscretions in our past and things like that. Every human has.” I don’t know what’s worse: That a sitting U.S. congressman sees alleged forcible rape as an “indiscretion” that all men have, that Roy seemingly told on himself, or that the rest of Washington D.C. just shrugged their shoulders and went about their day. In this new administration, violently assaulting a woman is not, and may never again be, a disqualifying behavior for the for a society steeped in rape culture.
~ Julie DiCaro
"Sports Taught Americans to Ignore Sexual Assault"
https://www.damemagazine.com/2024/12/19/sports-taught-americans-to-ignore-sexual-assault/
"So if you’re wondering how we got to a place where the president-elect of the United States and four of his cabinet nominees have been credibly accused of sexual assault, , the answers can be found in the world of sports. They’ve established a long tradition of just how little violence against women matters."
~ Julie DiCaro
"Sports Taught Americans to Ignore Sexual Assault"
https://www.damemagazine.com/2024/12/19/sports-taught-americans-to-ignore-sexual-assault/
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