That TL;DR is a perfect example of why now and not earlier. Because when it comes to misogyny, the message is “don’t be divisive” and women keep getting told “we’re taking care of it, be patient” and nothing gets done until someone finally realizes that the old boys aren’t ever going to deal with it.
And we’re serious that your “Why now, and not when it happened?” is the same fucking bullshit women hear every single time when men want to gaslight them. Bring it up when it happens and “now is not the time.” When someone finally fucking listens it’s “why now?” with the implication it’s the predatory woman acting opportunistically, rather than everyone ignoring her the whole fucking time. Kind of like the way you’re ignoring or dismissing everyone who is telling you this.
You want to know another way to lose elections? By acting like such a dick on behalf of your chosen candidate that you alienate anyone who doesn’t want to deal with that level of garbage simply because they had a few questions or doubts.
