It is an interesting time to post this. My wife, daughter and I are watching The First Time. The reason both my wife and daughter have wanted to watch this is because of Dylan O'Brien. It has been interesting to watch this, but despite a few issues, his shirt being always ironed at the party for one, it is a good film. I identify a lot with the father, but more so with the father from a short film the kids and I watched earlier today, Riley's First Date?
I thought that it dealt with teenage relationships quite well. Not knowing what was going on, the mix of emotions and the message about the right thing to do,
But the reason I post this is, as the title suggests, about lust.
I have posted before about how I felt how Brett Kavanaugh lied, or forgot important episodes when he was drunk over the testimony given about the allegations of sexual assault against Christine Blasey Ford. I do not think that he can be proven to have assaulted her, but if he tried her for defamation, she would be found innocent as while the GOP ignored the holes in his testimony a court of law would not. It is horrible how people have slandered the woman who was brave enough to speak out over him.
Sexual assault is not just limited to the GOP, Biden has faced his and his creepy behaviour around women does not scream innocence on his part. But he has not been shown to lie about this drinking. And he has not boasted about sexual assault.
And that of course takes us to Donald Trump. Not only has he boasted about infidelity and sexual assault, he has had two affairs that he know of, this being a one time dalliance with Stormy Daniels as well as a longer affair with Karen McDougal. His supporters can say that these are just alleged affairs and the bush money paid to them does not imply guilt, but this is a man on his third wife. In 2016, many who claimed to be Christians voted for him, as opposed to a woman who stuck with her adulterous husband.
One day, someone may explain this double standard to me. But I have been waiting a few years and I suspect no one will be able to justify it.
