Here are some appropriate topics to make jokes about:

• Your Boss
• Traffic
• Funny Personal Experiences

Here are some inappropriate topics to make jokes about:

• Rape

While I may feel this is the general consensus among decent human beings, I guess as always our so called ‘president’ didn’t get the memo.

Recently attending a rally in Mississippi, Donald Trump mocked the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford doubting her alleged sexual assault.

Now while Republicans have done, and continue to do everything in their will power to discredit Dr. Ford’s testimony our ‘president’ decided to go on NATIONAL TELEVISION and confidently mock the testimony of a rape victim. I truly do not know what in his right mind thought it was okay to do this, wait let me take a step back because I am assuming his mind is ‘right’.

When stumbling upon the video on twitter, I was disgusted beyond belief. He goes on to say that a “man’s life is shattered” because of the “evil people” who falsely accused him. Within those few sentences alone our ‘president’ revived rape culture. What’s sad is that when spewing out this disgusting propaganda there are people behind him cheering him on, applauding him for his words.

The first thing that came to my mind after was how the millions of victims of sexual assault across the nation had to witness this. They had to sit and listen to this man, who has been accused of many acts of sexual assault which have later been PROVED, invalidate their experience with sexual assault and put shame on them. It amazes me how someone of such vile history as Trump, could have the audacity to call anyone else evil. Because those who rape and ruin lives are not evil, no. Instead their lives are ‘shattered’ when an actual victim finally gains the confidence to speak about the acts committed against her. Because god forbid we acknowledge assault victims and take about the heinous crimes men have committed. How their lives are forever changed and will never be the same or ‘normal’

Please also remember when reading this I am not accusing men as an entire gender. I am accusing the select few who ARE rapists and do not respect women, men such as our ‘president’. Trump claims that men are the ‘real victims’ due to false accusations. But according to a study conducted by Stanford students, they found only about 2% of all rape and related sex charges are determined to be false using information directly from FBI data. They also found out that only about 40% of rapes are ever reported to the police, and this is partly because “victims know that if their claim becomes public, their every behavior will be scrutinized, they will be shamed for their sexual history, and they will be labeled as lunatic, psychotic, paranoid, and manipulative.”

With events such as our ‘president’ mocking a victim, there is no wonder why women are afraid to speak up about their experience. Because the few times women DO report their assault, they are immediately questioned and blamed. Women not only have to deal with the constant fear of something happening to them for simply existing, but also have to face a system that tries to discredit them the moment something does.