UNITED STATES
Advocate
April 2, 2018
By Tracy E. Gilchrist
It’s April, which means the guy more than a dozen women have accused of sexual harassment and/or abuse and who was also caught on tape bragging about grabbing and kissing women without consent has declared it Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
The revelations about Harvey Weinstein’s serial predations last October ignited a national reckoning around sexual harassment, and any conversation that continues to illuminate the behavior of people who use sex as power over others should be a positive. But based on Donald Trump’s transgressions and his administration’s actions that endanger survivors, it adds insult to injury that Trump — who labeled the accusations against him as “fake news,” essentially calling the women who’ve come forward liars — is the one who’s delivered the Sexual Assault Awareness Month proclamation for the second year in a row. President Barack Obama began delivering the proclamations in 2010.
“Sexual assault crimes remain tragically common in our society, and offenders too often evade accountability. These heinous crimes are committed indiscriminately: in intimate relationships, in public spaces, and in the workplace,” reads Trump’s presidential proclamation, according to CNN. What he failed to mention was his own record with abuse and harassment and his blatant refusal to believe survivors.
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