Republican Gov. John Kasich sparked controversy at a presidential campaign event in Watertown, New York, on Friday when he told a young female college student who’d asked about campus sexual assault policy that she should avoid parties where a lot of alcohol is served.
Critics instantly cast the comment as victim-blaming. The Planned Parenthood Action Fund issued a statement from its vice president Dawn Laguens noting Kasich’s callousness toward women.
“John Kasich’s plan for combating sexual assault as president is to blame women who go to parties,” she said. “John Kasich’s pattern of dismissing the concerns of women is disturbing enough.” Read more…
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