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That’s simply the tragic result of deteriorating physical and mental health, and it’s nothing like the predatory behavior of Weinstein. But when everything’s sexual assault, nothing’s sexual assault.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission defines harassment as “unwelcome conduct that is based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetic information.” The EEOC explains that this behavior becomes illegal when the offensive conduct is a condition of employment — that is pervasive in the workplace, creating a hostile, abusive or intimidating environment.
The Department of Justice defines sexual assault as “any type of sexual contact or behavior that occurs without the explicit consent of the recipient. Falling under the definition of sexual assault are sexual activities as forced gotcha146, forcible sodomy, child molestation, incest, fondling, and attempted rape.”
The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network specifies that sexual assault is “unwanted sexual contact that stops short of rape or attempted rape.”
So which one of the following public figures has engaged in sexual assault, according to these publicly available and legally utilized definitions?
Former Vice President Joe Biden regularly offered unwanted neck massages and overly zealous public caresses while whispering in the ears of younger, attractive females. His public displays are creepy. Bush’s backside brushes are no different, but neither rise to a legal definition of anything approaching sexual assault.
The pure evil rot of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein23 includes a list of 82 accusers who say they were in various ways molested, sexually assaulted or raped24.
And now there’s actor Kevin Spacey, accused of advances on a then-14-year-old boy. Spacey’s excuse? Forget pedophilia, apparently — he’s having to choose “now to live as a gay man.”
In each of these situations, the focus is on the perpetrator largely because of his status, but there are real victims who’ve been inappropriately touched, threatened or intimidated and led to believe their word would mean nothing if they were to dare disclose the actual crimes against their person.
Yet when a wheelchair-bound old man is lumped into the same group as actual sexual predators, the authentic victims of horrific assault and abuse are diminished and vile perverts are indirectly protected with a watered-down version of the true violence that does occur against women. Simply put, if sexual assault can mean a pat on the buttocks and rape, it means little to nothing.
Recently, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly took to the press room podium. In his remarks on a completely different topic, Kelly hit the proverbial nail on the head when he recalled a better day when “a lot of things were sacred in our country.” Kelly reminisced that, in addition to Gold Star families and the dignity of life and religion, women were sacred to our society and were treated in accordance with that special status.
Today, in the craze to be the same and not just equal, feminists forfeit the specialness and sacredness that should accompany a gender created for purposes that men can’t fulfill. The need to sell headlines, to drive digital clicks and to sensationalize every bit of “news” has corrupted the value and meaning of words that are misappropriated. That misuse, in the case of the horrors of violence against women, diminishes the victims and protects the perpetrators. Oh, and don’t forget that the political Left, under the guise of speech, glorifies, monetizes and makes cause célèbre of women as objects, the distortion of gender and the perversion of sex.
Let’s commit to the dignity of life, the value of the female gender and the act of mutual respect in every aspect of society by correctly identifying misbehavior, punishing illegal acts and understanding both genders.
MORE ANALYSIS FROM THE PATRIOT POST
The Beginning of the End for Hillary Clinton?27 — It appears Democrats and their media echo-chamber are finally beginning to distance themselves from her. Trump, the Opioid Epidemic, and National Emergency28 — He won’t declare a national emergency because he recognizes the proper manner in which to combat the crisis.
BEST OF RIGHT OPINION
Tony Perkins: The Opioid Crisis and the Soul of America29 George Will: The Radiating Mischief of Protectionism30 Sen. Tom Cotton: Immigration in the National Interest31 Jeff Jacoby: Life Is Annoying. Don’t Make It Worse.32 Burt Prelutsky: Language Skills & Ills33
For more of today’s columns, visit Right Opinion34.
OPINION IN BRIEF
Gary Bauer35: “Billionaire liberal activist Tom Steyer has launched a multi-million-dollar campaign demanding that Congress impeach President Trump. I saw the first ad on Fox News Thursday night, and found it ironic. Many of the things the ad mentions as impeachable offenses apply not to President Trump but to President Obama. One allegation made in the ad … is that Trump colluded with a foreign power, namely Russia. But as we are finding out, it’s looking more and more like Trump was just about the only person in the 2016 election not to collude with Russia. But if that is grounds for impeachment, then how does one describe the two years of secret negotiations Obama and Hillary Clinton conducted with America’s avowed enemy Iran? Those negotiations culminated in a deal that resulted in billions of dollars of cash and gold being loaded onto planes and sent under the cover of darkness to Tehran. That money is currently being used by the Iranian regime to threaten American soldiers and kill U.S. allies. The terrible deal was submitted to the United Nations and to the Iranian Parliament. But the Obama administration used every ounce of its political power to prevent it from ever getting an up or down vote in the U.S. Senate. That’s about as clear a case of collusion with an enemy that you can find.”
SHORT CUTS
The Gipper: “Only when the human spirit is allowed to invent and create, only when individuals are given a personal stake in deciding economic policies and benefiting from their success — only then can societies remain economically alive, dynamic, progressive, and free.”
For the record: “The only thing preventing both parties from defeating themselves is the fact that elections are a zero-sum game in which one side must win.” —Michael Barone
Upright: “Note to media: when an A-list actor quasi-admits to attempted molestation of a 14-year-old, the headline isn’t that he’s coming out as gay.” —Ben Shapiro
Inquiring minds want to know: “How is it that it’s apparently illegal to remove labels from pillows and mattresses, but politicians are free to mislabel themselves? … Why should people like Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and John McCain, to mention just three of the most flagrant examples, be allowed to continue calling themselves Republicans? Or, for that matter, why should the Senate’s proudest and most prominent Marxist, Bernie Sanders, get away with labeling himself an independent?” —Burt Prelutsky
Braying Jackass: “People thought in ‘09, '10, '11, that the country couldn’t be divided more. And you go back to Obama’s campaign in 2008, you know, he was talking about the divide and healing the country and all of that. And some would argue on the Right that he did more to divide the country than to unite it. I kind of reject that notion.” —John Boehner illustrating why he’s the former House speaker
Who knew? “Well, you know, it’s been said many times that not all Republicans are racists, but all — virtually all racists belong to the Republican Party today.” —former Treasury official Bruce Bartlett
Non Compos Mentis: “Happy Birthday, Madame President @HillaryClinton.” —Rep. John Lewis
And last… “Going to big Hollywood Halloween party tonight. Only inoffensive costumes permitted. I’m going as a vanilla wafer.” —Pat Sajak
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