Man talk?

THROUGHOUT the 2016 United States general election campaign, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has been heavily criticised for his routine degradation of women.

His latest offence, however, is technically 11 years old. But the time stamp on the leaked video in which he could be heard bragging about being allowed certain privileges with women has caused quite a stir. In fact, the 2005 recording has caused several supporters to withdraw support for him.

But while some have found Trump’s comments to be synonymous with that of a sexual predator, others, including his wife Melania, and even prominent locals, have come to Trump’s defence on social media, and have sought to trivialise and normalise the video saying “that’s how men talk”.

But is that really how men talk? Does boasting about having certain privileges with women earn you cool points during your usual man talks?

All Woman sought the opinion of men:

Garth:

Personally, I was not raised that way. Trump is very entitled and he shows every day that he has not a care in the world. Women, especially, are treated like objects, so of course when he said what he said I wasn’t surprised. Admittedly, as men sometimes we can become a little graphic and overzealous, we talk about women whom we really like or whom we would like to romp a little rough with, but to say that we would mess with a girl without her permission is straight rapist intention. Any day any member of my circle brings that to the group I know he would be expelled or I would take away myself. A woman, regardless of how she wants to carry and treat herself, should be respected and treated like a queen.

Andre:

I am loader man and I have no ratings for Donald Trump. But if I am to be real with you, what his wife said about how men talk is true. And it’s not the talk alone, it’s what they do. A woman will be going to work and a man will tell her that he wants to do obscene things to her. Some men will go as far as when they are loading the bus, to touch and fondle women and pretend like it’s accidental. And when the work gets slow, they talk and they will say what they are going to do next or which other woman they’re going to touch and where. So it’s a real thing, but my thing is different. I have my woman, and my mother always tells me not to touch what is not mine. So I will listen to them, but I don’t have anything to add.

Mickel:

When you are around your friends, of course women will come up. What will definitely not come up is that we are invading the space of a woman, that we are making her uncomfortable, and that we are putting ourselves in a position to be locked up because we violated her. You should be able to see and not touch and that is a general principle that we have. It’s the same way we will see a bad Audi and will not touch it unless we have permission to. So at this point, I couldn’t agree with Trump’s wife that that is how men talk.

Keno:

Anybody who’s saying that’s how men talk must be crazy. I am no saint and yes, I have listened to discussions and I have made comments about women — we have pointed out some who are easy; those who are gold diggers; their faults (nothing bodily) just regarding their personalities, for example, the fact that they would do anything for money; that they are vulgar or the way they dress, but no, we have too much fun talking about business ventures, football and dream cars to even discuss much else.