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How Men Treat Women

T his thing about Donald Trump and Megyn Kelly got me thinking about how a man ought to treat a woman and why. I don’t know what they teach in New York City, but I was raised in Zalma, Missouri, where I was taught such things as a man should never hit a woman, a man should hold doors open for women, and a man should surrender his seat to a woman. And none of that had anything to do with how much I respected her, just the fact that she was a woman. Coming from that background, to see someone like Trump belittle a woman as he has done with Megyn Kelly, I am shocked. There are some lines that a man should never cross. From Trump’s perspective, he sees his comments as justified. It is his belief that Megyn Kelly had an agenda to attack him. Even though she used his own words to do it, he believes she was angry and was out for blood. Let’s assume he is correct. What’s wrong with him crossing that line and belittling her? It goes back to the reason boys are taught not to hit a girl. By the t...