Misogyny


Donald Trump’s record of misogyny and actions taken as president that disenfranchise women.

A self-proclaimed serial-sexual assaulter backed by the accusations of 25+ women, Donald Trump’s misogyny runs the gamut from an overt objectification of all women (including his own daughter) to mocking victims of sexual violence and enacting policies restricting women’s rights.

*indicates a direct allegation of sexual misconduct.

 

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≡ Oct. 15, 2020

 

Said the “glass ceiling broke” Hillary Clinton.

“And they talked about the glass ceiling, right? The woman breaking the glass ceiling. And it didn’t work out that way. The glass ceiling broke [Clinton].”

 

 

≡ Sept. 22, 2020

 

Banned federal entities and contractors from providing diversity training it deems as promoting “divisive concepts” and “harmful ideologies”.

» In an Executive Order claiming to “combat offensive and anti-American race and sex stereotyping and scapegoating,” Trump banned certain employers from offering training that relates to race and gender.

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≡ June 12, 2020

 

Reversed healthcare discrimination-protections for individuals on the basis of sex or gender.

» By eliminating definitions and revising language in the Affordable Care Act, the administration reintroduced the potential for healthcare providers to discriminate against patients on “the basis of pregnancy, sex stereotyping, and gender identity” – effectively repealing protections for members of the LGBT community and pregnant (even formerly pregnant) women.

 

 

≡ Apr. 23, 2019

 

Weakened U.N. Security Council resolution against sexual violence as a weapon of war.

» U.S. representatives threatened to veto the resolution if all language referring to sexual and reproductive health was not removed.

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≡ Mar. 3, 2019

 

Tried to block implementation of the ‘Equal Pay Rule’.

» A failed attempt to block an Obama-era rule requiring large companies to report pay data related to race and gender.

 

 

≡ Oct. 2, 2018

 

Mocked the testimony of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford on her alleged sexual assault by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

 

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≡ July 2018

 

Tried to water down World Health Organization resolution promoting breastfeeding.

» Despite health experts agreeing that “breast is best” for infant nutrition, the U.S. delegation sought to elevate baby ‘formula’ on behalf of corporations (and to the detriment of infant health).

»Trump called the allegations fake news, tweeting that the U.S. “strongly supports breastfeeding” and implied the delegation was merely opposed to the WHO ‘denying women access to formula’ – which was never a suggestion of the resolution.

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≡ February 2018

 

Suggested the ex-wife of Rob Porter (Trumps former staff secretary) gave herself a black eye in order to blackmail him.

» Trump allegedly said of the domestic abuse case that “Maybe Holderness [Porters ex-wife] purposefully ran into a refrigerator to give herself bruises and try to get money out of Porter?”

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≡ July 13, 2017

 

Treated France’s first lady like a Miss Universe contestant immediately upon meeting her.

» Saying, “You’re in such good shape“, before turning to French President Emmanuel Macron and repeating, “She’s in such good physical shape.“

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≡ Apr. 3, 2017

 

Terminated U.S. funding for the United Nations Family Planning Agency (UNFPA).

» The UNFPA aids in family planning and combating childbirth mortality, providing reproductive services to over 12,500,000 women in over 45 countries, and is the worlds largest single provider of contraceptives.

» In 2016, U.S. funding prevented 100,000 unsafe abortions and provided over 800,000 women with contraception; thus, contrary to Trumps alleged intent (to reduce abortions) – the result will actually be more pregnancies, more abortions, and many more unsafe ones at that.

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≡ Apr. 2017

 

Proposed budget would cut funds for organizations that protect and support victims of domestic abuse.

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≡ Jan. 23, 2017

 

Reinstated and expanded the ‘Global Gag Rule’.

» A revolving policy instituted by every Republican president since Reagan and revoked by every subsequent Democrat, the Global Gag Rule is a policy of cutting off U.S. aid to organizations that “perform or promote abortion”.

» Trump expanded the new gag rule to apply to all potential recipients of U.S. global health assistance, as opposed to the prior practice which effected less than 10% of aid recipients.

 

 

≡ Sept. 30, 2016

 

Told voters to “check out sex tape” of former Miss Universe in attempt to shame her for supporting Hillary Clinton.

 

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≡ Mar. 23, 2016

 

Mocked Ted Cruz’s wife using an unflattering image and comparing her to his own wife.

 

 

≡ Sept. 9, 2015

 

Insulted the physical appearance of GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina, saying:

“Look at that face! Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that, the face of our next president,” the Republican frontrunner said in the interview. “I mean, she’s a woman, and I’m not s’posedta say bad things, but really, folks, come on. Are we serious?”

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≡ September 2015

 

After an interviewer met Trump’s daughter Ivanka, Trump said of his daughter:

“Yeah, she’s really something, and what a beauty, that one. If I weren’t happily married and, ya know, her father . . .”

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≡ Apr. 16, 2015

 

Retweeted:

“If Hillary Clinton can’t satisfy her husband what makes her think she can satisfy America?”

Screenshot by Twitter user @Lennyjacbson

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≡ Apr. 6, 2015

 

Called Arianna Huffington a “dog”.

 

 

≡ Feb. 2, 2015

 

 

≡ Feb. 20, 2013

 

Tweeted an article titled ‘Top 10 Ugliest Female Celebrities’.

“…While I fully agree, it is not politically correct!”

—@realDonaldTrump (2.20.13).

 

≡ Nov. 23, 2012

 

In a petty response to Cher criticizing his hair:

 

 

≡ Oct. 28, 2012

 

Tweeted insults about singer Bette Midler’s appearance in response to her mocking his hair.

 

 

≡ Oct. 18, 2012

 

Referred to the actress Kirsten Stewart as a “dog” for having cheated on her then-boyfriend.

 

» This, despite Trump himself being a serial cheater, having cheated on all three of his wives.

 

≡ Apr. 14, 2012

 

Called the TIME cover of a ‘late age’ breastfeeding women ‘disgusting’.

 

 

≡ 2011

 

Called an attorney ‘disgusting’ for requesting a break during a deposition to pump breast milk.

“He got up, his face got red, he shook his finger at me and he screamed, ‘You’re disgusting, you’re disgusting,’ and he ran out of there.

—Attorney Elizabeth Beck.

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≡ 2007

 

*Summer Zervos alleges Trump sexually assaulted her following her seeking employment at Trump’s real estate company.

» As reported by Huffpost:

Trump called her and asked to meet her for dinner. Rather than take her to a restaurant, Trump had one of his security guards escort her to a bungalow at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

Trump “came to me and started kissing me open-mouthed as he was pulling me towards him. I walked away and I sat down on a chair … He then asked me to sit next to him. I complied, and he then grabbed my shoulder and began kissing me again very aggressively and placed his hand on my breast.”

When she got up and walked away, she said, Trump “grabbed my hand and walked me into the bedroom.” She walked out of the room.

“He put me in an embrace and I tried to push him away. I pushed his chest to put space between us, and I said, ‘Come on, man, get real.’ He repeated my words back to me ― ‘get reeeal’ ― as he began thrusting his genitals. He tried to kiss me again, and with my hand still on his chest, I said, ‘Dude, you’re tripping right now.’”

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≡ July 2006

 

*Ninni Laaksonen alleges Trump grabbed her groped her backstage at the “Late Show with David Letterman”.

» As reported by the Finnish newspaper Ilta-Sanomat:

“He really grabbed my butt. I don’t think anybody saw it, but I flinched and thought, ‘What is happening?'” Laaksonen was quoted as saying in the newspaper.

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≡ Mar. 3, 2006

 

Said he’d date Ivanka if she wasn’t his daughter.

“I’ve said that if Ivanka weren’t my daughter, perhaps I’d be dating her.”

https://youtu.be/DP7yf8-Lk80?t=42

 

≡ 2006

 

“She’s been with so many guys she makes me look like a baby, OK. … And, I just don’t even find her attractive.”

» Trump said about Angelina Jolie on Larry King Live.

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≡ July 3, 2005

 

Told a female Celebrity Apprentice contestant:

“It must be a pretty picture, you dropping to your knees.”

 

≡ April 2005

 

Bragged about busting into Miss Teen USA pageant dressing rooms:

“I’ll go backstage before a show, and everyone’s getting dressed and ready and everything else. And you know, no men are anywhere, I’m allowed to go in because I’m the owner of the pageant. And, therefore, I’m inspecting it. I’m inspecting it… You know, they’re standing there with no clothes. And you see these incredible looking women. And so I sort of get away with things like that.”

-Donald Trump, on Howard Stern’s radio show in 2005.

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≡ 2005

 

Bragged about getting away with sexually assaulting women because he’s a ‘star’.

» In a leaked Access Hollywood recording, Trump – after describing a failed attempt to seduce a married women (by taking her furniture shopping??) – said, about a women he was about to meet:

“I better use some Tic Tacs just in case I start kissing her. You know, I’m automatically attracted to beautiful — I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything… Grab ’em by the pussy. You can do anything.”

 

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≡ 2005

 

*Natasha Stoynoff alleges Trump sexually assaulted her when she visited  Mar-a-Lago to do a story about Trump and Melania’s 1st year of marriage. 

» As she wrote in People magazine:

I interviewed them about how happy their first year of marriage had been. When we took a break for the then-very-pregnant Melania to go upstairs and change wardrobe for more photos, Donald wanted to show me around the mansion. There was one “tremendous” room in particular, he said, that I just had to see.

We walked into that room alone, and Trump shut the door behind us. I turned around, and within seconds he was pushing me against the wall and forcing his tongue down my throat.

..I was grateful when Trump’s longtime butler burst into the room a minute later, as I tried to unpin myself.

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≡ 2005

 

*Rachel Crooks alleges Trump held and kissed her on the mouth against her will.

» As reported by the New York Times:

Ms. Crooks was a 22-year-old receptionist at a real estate investment and development company in Trump Tower in Manhattan, when she encountered Mr. Trump outside an elevator…

…she turned and introduced herself. They shook hands, but Mr. Trump would not let go, she said. Instead, he began kissing her cheeks. Then, she said, he “kissed me directly on the mouth.”

“It was so inappropriate,” Ms. Crooks recalled in an interview. “I was so upset that he thought I was so insignificant that he could do that.”

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≡ 2005

 

“A person who is very flat-chested is very hard to be a 10, OK?”

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≡ 2004

 

*Jennifer Murphy alleges Trump kissed her on the mouth without her consent.

» As reported by Grazia:

Jennifer, 37, a contestant in season 4 of The Apprentice, claims that US presidential candidate Trump – then newly married to current wife Melania – kissed her on the lips after a job interview. ‘I was very taken aback by that at the time.’

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≡ Jan. 24, 2003

 

*Melinda McGillivray alleges Trump groped her at Mar-a-Lago.

» As reported by the Palm Beach Post:

McGillivray, 36, said she was groped by Trump at Mar-a-Lago 13 years ago. She said she never reported it to authorities.

But her companion that day, photographer Ken Davidoff, vividly remembers when McGillivray pulled him aside moments after the alleged incident and told him, ″Donald just grabbed my ass!″

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≡ October 2002

 

On his relationship with convicted underage-sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein:

“I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it—Jeffrey enjoys his social life.”

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≡ Early 2000’s

 

*Karen Johnson alleges Trump forced himself on her at a New Year’s Eve party.

» As reported by Esquire:

Johnson decided to make a quick trip to the restroom before they headed home. “I hadn’t seen [Trump] that whole entire night,” said Johnson, who was in her late thirties at the time. “I was just walking to the bathroom. I was grabbed and pulled behind a tapestry, and it was him. And I’m a tall girl and I had six-inch heels on, and I still remember looking up at him. And he’s strong, and he just kissed me,” she recounted to us. “I was so scared because of who he was… I don’t even know where it came from. I didn’t have a say in the matter.”

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≡ September 5, 1997

 

*Amy Dorris alleges Trump groped and forcibly kissed her in his VIP box at the 1997 US Open.

» As reported by The Guardian:

“He just shoved his tongue down my throat and I was pushing him off. And then that’s when his grip became tighter and his hands were very gropey and all over my butt, my breasts, my back, everything. I was in his grip, and I couldn’t get out of it,” she said, adding: “I don’t know what you call that when you’re sticking your tongue just down someone’s throat. But I pushed it out with my teeth. I was pushing it. And I think I might have hurt his tongue.”

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≡ 1996

 

*Lisa Boyne alleges Trump ‘stuck his head’ under the skirts of several models at a restaurant.

» As reported by Huffpost:

…the group was seated at a semi-circular table, with the women in the middle and Trump and [a modeling agent] flanking either end. The women couldn’t get out of their seats without one of the men getting up ― which they refused to do. Instead, Boyne said, Trump insisted that the women walk across the table, allowing him to peer up their skirts while they did so. Trump “stuck his head right underneath their skirts,” Boyne said, and commented on whether they were wearing underwear and what their genitalia looked like.

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≡ 1995/6

 

*Cathy Heller alleges Trump grabbed her and forcibly kissed her in front of her family, despite her objections.

» As reported by PEOPLE:

Heller says she extended her hand to shake Trump’s, but he took it and pulled her towards him to kiss her on the mouth.

She pulled away and said no, she alleges. “He said ‘Oh, come on’ and he was angry,” Heller says. “He really grabbed me and he was holding me very tight to kiss me on the mouth.”

A relative who was behind Heller when it happened tells PEOPLE: “I saw her moving back, trying to escape his grasp and he kept moving forward and it was almost like he was falling forward.”

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≡ 1997

 

“Don’t you think my daughter’s hot? She’s hot, right?”

» Trump reportedly said of his 16 year old daughter who was hosting the Miss Teen USA pageant.

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≡ 1995/6

 

*E. Jean Carrol alleges Trump raped her in the dressing room of a clothing store.

» Carrol wrote in New York Magazine in 2019:

The moment the dressing-room door is closed, he lunges at me, pushes me against the wall, hitting my head quite badly, and puts his mouth against my lips. I am so shocked I shove him back and start laughing again. He seizes both my arms and pushes me up against the wall a second time, and, as I become aware of how large he is, he holds me against the wall with his shoulder and jams his hand under my coat dress and pulls down my tights.

am astonished by what I’m about to write: I keep laughing. The next moment, still wearing correct business attire, shirt, tie, suit jacket, overcoat, he opens the overcoat, unzips his pants, and, forcing his fingers around my private area, thrusts his penis halfway — or completely, I’m not certain — inside me.

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≡ 1994

 

On coming home to his then-wife Ivana:

“I don’t want to sound like a chauvinist, but when I come home at night and dinner’s not ready I go through the roof.”

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≡ 1994

 

Speculated about his one-year-old daughters legs and breasts.

“I think she’s got a lot of Marla, she’s a really beautiful baby. She’s got Marla’s legs. We don’t know whether or not she’s got this part yet [gesturing at his chest], but time will tell.”

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≡ 1993

 

*Jill Harth formally accused Trump of attempted rape in a 1997 lawsuit.

» As reported by The Guardian:

“He pushed me up against the wall, and had his hands all over me and tried to get up my dress again,” Harth said, “and I had to physically say: ‘What are you doing? Stop it.’ It was a shocking thing to have him do this because he knew I was with George, he knew they were in the next room. And how could he be doing this when I’m there for business?”

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≡ 1993

 

*Vendela Kirsebom alleges Trump harassed her at the 1993 White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

» As reported by Vanity Fair:

I sat Trump beside Vendela [a professional Swedish model], thinking that she would get a kick out of him. This was not the case. After 45 minutes she came over to my table, almost in tears, and pleaded with me to move her. It seems that Trump had spent his entire time with her assaying the “tits” and legs of the other female guests and asking how they measured up to those of other women, including his wife. “He is,” she told me, in words that seemed familiar, “the most vulgar man I have ever met.”

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≡ 1992

 

Told a 10-year-old girl he would be dating her in ten years.

» “I’m going to be dating her in 10 years,” Trump said while leering at a group of 10-year-old girls walking by,  “can you believe it?”

 

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≡ 1992

 

To a group of 14-year-old girls upon learning their ages:

“Wow! Just think — in a couple of years, I’ll be dating you.”

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≡ 1992

 

“Women, you have to treat them like shit.”

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≡ 1991

 

Fined $200,000 for violating nondiscrimination laws by banning women and black card dealers from certain casino tables.

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≡ 1990’s

 

*Kristin Anderson alleges Trump groped her at a Manhattan night club.

» As reported by the Washington Post:

Kristin Anderson was deep in conversation with acquaintances at a crowded Manhattan nightspot and did not notice the figure to her right on a red velvet couch — until, she recalls, his fingers slid under her miniskirt, moved up her inner thigh and touched her vagina through her underwear.

Anderson shoved the hand away, fled the couch and turned to take her first good look at the man who had touched her, she said.

She recognized him as Donald Trump.

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≡ 1989

 

During divorce preceding, Trumps first wife Ivana accused Trump of violent assault and even rape.

» Court depositions explain that after a painful scalp reduction surgery, Trump is alleged to have assaulted and raped his then-wife.

» Trumps lawyer Michael Cohen at the time attempted to defend Trump, wrongly asserting that New York law stated that “you cannot rape your spouse.”

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≡ 1977 →

 

Cheated on all three of his wives.

» Trumps infidelities have been public knowledge since at least 1990, when he took his then-mistress, Marla Maples, on a family vacation with his 1st wife Ivana Trump.

» His most notable affair however comes from revelations that Trump, while running for the presidency in 2016, illegally paid $130,000 in hush-money to porn star Stormy Daniels to keep silent about their affair (at the time of the affair, Trumps current wife Melania was recovering from the birth of their son, Baron).

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≡ 1980’s

 

*Jessica Leeds alleges that Trump groped her on a commercial flight:

» As reported by the New York Times in 2016:

About 45 minutes after takeoff, she recalled, Mr. Trump lifted the armrest and began to touch her.

According to Ms. Leeds, Mr. Trump grabbed her breasts and tried to put his hand up her skirt.

“He was like an octopus,” she said. “His hands were everywhere.” She fled to the back of the plane. “It was an assault,” she said.

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≡ 1970’s →

 

Accused of sexual assault or misconduct by over 25 women since the 1970’s.

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