A hush agreement, an alias, $130,000, and the President of the United States. Does this all sound familiar? If you think it does, you’ve been keeping up with our president, the leader of the free world, and his alleged affair with a porn star.
In no way am I accusing President Trump of this affair, but at what point does it end? I suppose it doesn’t ever end. Women continue to raise their voices against men who use their power to take advantage. Some men, like Harvey Weinstein, are left in ruin, but our president remains untouchable.
What is this insensitive behavior all about? As a man, I look at myself and other men and question why things are like this. Women are objectified so often in our society. Our president treats his own wife like an appliance and has alleged affairs with scores of women. In addition, men are more likely to sexually assault or rape than women, according to RAINN.org
Media is a contributing factor in the objectification of women. A vast majority of Disney movies–movies of any kind–result in a female looking to a male for help. There are exceptions, but few.
In the classroom, many aren’t taught about gender equality or consent. We’re taught about these things outside the academic world–from the worlds of Hollywood and the music industry. Sometimes we are just completely misinformed. The music industry and Hollywood have taught men and women that this is a man’s world.
We learn that it’s okay to be accused of assault and brag about it and still go on to become the leader of the free world. We learn that it’s okay to chase women around and not take no for an answer.
It is a commonplace belief in American society that men are superior to women, but men and women each have their strengths and weaknesses. So, why are women treated as if they are inferior? They have fewer positions in government, despite the fact that they are more likely to attend and graduate college.
Statistically speaking, women are paid less than men. They are forced to buy things to keep up with Hollywood’s ever-changing and impossible beauty standards and influenced to buy hygienic things that men aren’t. Women are the ones who child-bear and have to completely change their lifestyles, but men are still statistically paid more.
Society, we need to do better. I don’t have the magic answer to solve gender inequality, the horrible treatment of women in the workplace or assault and rape. So, let’s stop assaulting. Let’s stop objectifying. Let’s start seeing women for who they are and not what they look like. Let’s stop saying, “A woman is incapable of holding the office of the president,” and start saying, “Anyone born in the U.S. is capable of holding the office of the president.”
Change is formidable, but let’s stop fearing it. Men, we have work to do. Let’s not be mad or threatened when we hear that. Let’s acknowledge that women want to help change things for the better. They want to be treated like humans, not a gender. They want to earn more positions of power. They want to be paid the same. They want to stop being objectified. They want to stop being the majority of victims involving harassment, assault and rape.
No one gender, ethnicity or background, is directly responsible for the way things are. Things are not the way they should be. So, let’s do our part. Let’s stop letting our president get away with his abhorrent and disgraceful treatment of women. Let’s stop letting men of power do the same. Let’s listen. Let’s learn.
I am especially proud this week to be an OCU Star. Our president, police chief and president of SGA are all taking on positions previously held by men. This isn’t because OCU is attempting to hire more women to prove a point, but because OCU is giving the jobs to the people who deserve them.
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