Campus Reform: A University of Michigan professor and Harvard University visiting professor recently claimed that the #MeToo movement would not have occurred if Hillary Clinton were president.
Catharine MacKinnon, a UMich law professor and Harvard visiting professor, made the remark at the University of California, Berkeley’s annual #MeToo conference during the spring semester.
In her keynote speech, MacKinnon compared accusations of sexual abuse made against President Bill Clinton with those made against President Donald Trump, calling claims made against Clinton “a morality crusade” and suggesting that many people were only concerned with the “right use of it [the allegations] for political gain.”
But MacKinnon asserted that the election of Trump fundamentally changed the way that reports of sexual assault were viewed. In her speech, she also contrasted Clinton with Trump by referring to the former president as someone Americans “actually elected.”
“Instead of interfering with a respected president…somebody…the American people actually elected, exposing these violations in one’s own life became a means of resisting the forces of darkness,” MacKinnon stated. “Misogyny, racism, fascism, lies, stupidity, you name it.”
The professor also stated that “indifference to reports of sexual abuse, that was part of what got [Trump] elected right? That also fueled #MeToo, in no small part, because of its role in creating Trump as president.”
She neglected to directly mention Clinton’s affair with a 22-year-old intern named Monica Lewinsky or his impeachment process, which resulted in his acquittal.
MacKinnon then took her comments a step further, adding that “if Hillary Clinton had been elected, #MeToo would not have occurred.”
The professor also claimed that Dr. Christine Blasey Ford provided “remembered facts” and that “when questioned on those facts, Judge Kavanaugh repeatedly provided his resume. I matter. Okay?”
“These exact dynamics of inequality are what drive the system of sexual politics, in which the more power a man has the more sexual access he can get away with compelling.” read more
Right on one account good ole Harvey Weinstein would still be at it as a protected dem donor and personal Clinton friend. You could say part of his downfall was her losing.
Probably not, but not for the reason he thinks.
If clinton had won we’d be stuck with the #screwyou movement because we all would have been f*cked.
Can’t top that Mr. Burr. Well stated.
Slick Willie “actually elected”? – Yeah, but he got only 43% of the popular vote in 1992, and fell short of 50% in ’96. Just sayin’.
Haha hypocrisy. Of course there wouldn’t have been #metoo, they would just have continued covering up the abuse. Which they have pretty much reverted to now.
P.S. Whatever happened to that Jean Carroll???
Just to make sure I understand this:
Going after someone who has a demonstrable history of rape and sexual assault and improprieties is a morality crusade.
Going after someone recorded as saying some women willingly allow him to cop a feel and has improbable accusations of rape made against him is seeking justice.
Do I have that right?
Also, as I recall MacKinnon is the one who said “childbirth is rape.”
If everything is rape, then nothing is.