Dear Donald,
Here is
what happens when a woman “lets you” touch her:
Nerves
react, sending panic throughout the body. Muscles tense. The heart pounds.
Breathing is difficult. The brain collects all this information so that later
she can wake up in the night, remembering the sight, sound and smell of you.
She will not get back to sleep.
She can’t
move when you touch her. Shock, disgust, and anger are paralyzing. But later in
the night she will lie awake, rewriting the scene. Maybe she speaks, maybe she
runs, or maybe she stands and defends herself.
The most
difficult thing to rewrite will be the lesson she has learned. She is nothing.
She is worthless. She has no rights, even to the boundaries of her own body.
Unwanted
touch is an abuse of power. You should not be given the most powerful job in
the country.
