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Being Married or Having Daughters Does Not Make You A Decent Person
If it did, women like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez would not be slurred by married men like Rep. Ted Yoho
Many women have been called a bitch. Many have been called a fucking bitch, as was Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) — along with other personal attacks— by Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.) on the steps of the Capitol recently.
When his attack on her caught a reporter’s attention, Yoho attempted to defend himself. “Having been married for 45 years with two daughters, I’m very cognizant of language,” he said.
In a fiery response that went viral, Ocasio-Cortez was having none of it, noting that she, too, is someone’s daughter:
“You can be a powerful man and accost women. You can have daughters and accost women, without remorse. You can be married and accost women. You can take photos, and project an image to the world of being a family man, and accost women, without remorse, and with a sense of impunity.”
