Trump has given women yet another reason not to report rape | Arwa Mahdawi

The president of the United States has sent women the worst message: that there is no point telling people about your assault because you won’t be believed

President Donald Trump knows a thing or two about sexual misconduct. He has, after all, been accused of sexual harassment by at least 19 women. On Friday he decided to summon his expertise in this area and weigh in on the sexual assault accusations Dr Christine Blasey Ford has leveled against US supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

“I have no doubt that, if the attack on Dr Ford was as bad as she says, charges would have been immediately filed with local Law Enforcement Authorities by either her or her loving parents,” Trump tweeted. “I ask that she bring those filings forward so that we can learn date, time, and place!” 

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