John Kasich Confused About Why Women Objected To His Sexual Assault Victim-Blaming Comments

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Gov. John Kasich (R-OH) said on Sunday that he does not understand the criticism over his comments Friday suggesting that college women should prevent sexual assaults by avoiding parties with alcohol.
In an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash, the Republican presidential hopeful noted that his own daughters will someday go to college parties where there

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[ladycyndra]

Lady attorney. BRB banging my head against the wall.

[peddlestools]

I wish we could put the onus for men

[londonsquare]

I feel like it needs to start even younger than that. Like, if your daughter comes to you and says, "Mom, Timmy pulled my hair on the playground," you don't turn around and say, "Oh, he's just doing that because he likes you." You tell your sons if they act that way toward a girl on the playground to cut that shit out.

I understand that's not along the lines of consent, but it definitely begins to teach children at a young age that someone being mean to you doesn't mean they like you and if you're mean to a member of the opposite sex that it is definitely not okay. And it's telling boys right off the bat that that is not how they get positive attention from a girl.

[peddlestools]

Yeah, I agree. We had very rudimentary sex education starting in maybe the third grade? Mostly stranger danger stuff & information on what to do if an adult touches your "bathing suit areas." I remember watching educational videos on sexual abuse in elementary school. Which is good, children should know about that so they'll tell a trusted adult if someone tries to abuse them. But if we're going to educate children on that, I don't see why it isn't appropriate to start instilling in children that they need to respect others' boundaries and personal autonomy somehow.

[londonsquare]

I learned about sexual abuse the hard way when I was 4 (my neighbor, a girl a few years older than me, touched me inappropriately in a way that was not kids having a curiosity about each other's bodies. So much so that my parents only found out about it after I complained that my privates hurt really bad. Turns out this girl was living with her grandparents because her parents were abusive pieces of shit and she had actually done things like this before to her brother and other children. They didn't want to disclose to my parents because they didn't want their child to lose out on having a friend. So they basically said they would never leave her unsupervised with other kids. Well the grandpa was at work that day and the grandma ran to the corner store really quick so that's when it happened) and from then on I knew all about inappropriate touching

[nesmith]

This fucker is the most tone-deaf, myopic, narcissistic numpty on the planet. I keep jumping up and down screaming to everyone I know that doesn't already live in Ohio (and know perfectly well) that this numpty fuck is NOT moderate, he's NOT reasonable, and he's just a hole of SUCK.

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I'm convinced his likability is so high because a lot of people don't know anything about him.

And how frustrating is it that he wants to move on once he realizes the conversation isn't going the way he wants.