Politico Magazine – October 13, 2016
Gender has just exploded as a central issue in these final weeks of the presidential campaign, as Americans prepare to elect either our first female president or a man facing allegations of sexual assault from multiple women across many years. Since the release last week of the 2005 tape capturing Donald Trump’s lewd comments about kissing and groping women, contestants of Trump-owned beauty pageants, a reporter and a Trump Tower employee, among others, have publicly accused the mogul of sexually harassing or assaulting them. Trump, for his part, has denied the allegations and has tried to focus attention on women who once accused Bill Clinton of sexual misbehavior.