Paul Ryan's statement is all wrong

[zenabby]

Paul Ryan in response to the whole thing, has said thru his office: "I am sickened by what I heard today. Women are to be championed and revered, not objectified," Ryan continued in a statement. "I hope Mr. Trump treats this situation with the seriousness it deserves and works to demonstrate to the country that he has greater respect for women than this clip suggests. In the meantime, he is no longer attending tomorrow’s event in Wisconsin.”

Ignoring the part about Trump working on respecting women, let's just look at Ryan's statement - "Women are to be championed and revered, not objectified.". No, no, no, and this is the problem. Women are not some different kind of species. You don't need to champion them, revere them, put them on a pedestal or objectify them. Just treat them as human beings, just like would any other man. Don't attribute any greatness or the lack thereof on them. There are so many parts to who we are, gender is just one of them.

[ailsagirl]

1. Good points, zenabby

Ryan, clearly, still doesn't get it

[Raster]

3. Nope Eddie Munster does not get it...

...his only real concern is trying to spin and salvage what he can.

[canetoad]

2. I commented on another threat

About 'revered'. Championed is just as bad - bad dreams of knights in armour and fair damsels. Ryan has no fucking clue.

[ailsagirl]

4. Damn right he doesn't

[pnwmom]

5. His stomach turned my stomach, too. n/t

[yellowcanine]

6. Ryan is still trying to save his House majority. He knows he has to stick with Trump to do that.

Because if he totally shuns him he knows the Trumpers will abandon the party.

Trump will be forced to make an actual apology and then Ryan will say okay, that's good enough.

[Croney]

7. Hillary Clinton is a woman.

Does she need to be championed and revered (which actually IS a form of being objectified)? No. This is not 1950.