One narrative that is constantly thrown in our face is that President Trump is a misogynist. But is that even true?
What is a misogynist?
The short definition is: a person who dislikes, despises, or is strongly prejudiced against women.
Well let's look at all the women that President Trump has put in places of power within his administration and government. Then we can decide.
First we have President Trump's Cabinet which includes Vice President Mike Pence and the heads of the 15 executive departments:
(The women are highlighted in red with links.)
Administrator of the Small Business Administration Linda E. McMahon
Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Gina Haspel
Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue
Secretary of Commerce Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.
Secretary of Education Elisabeth Prince DeVos
Secretary of Energy James Richard Perry
Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar
Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Benjamin S. Carson, Sr.
Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao
Secretary of the Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer
Vice President Michael R. Pence
Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney
That's a total of 5 women out of 15 in President Trump's Cabinet.
I can't imagine why a misogynist would allow a women to sit in a cabinet seat let alone 5 out of 15.
The UN Ambassador 2017 & 2018 was Nikki Haley (daughter of immigrants form India.)
The position is now being taken over by the former Press Secretary for the State Department - Heather Nauert
October 17, 2018
For the first time in US Army Forces Command, or FORSCOM, history, a woman will be leading the largest command in the Army, representing 776,000 soldiers and 96,000 civilians.
This may be a first for the Army, but Richardson has had other firsts.
She has been with the US Army since 1986, and in 2012 she became the first female deputy commanding general for the 1st Cavalry Division, known as "America's First Team."
In 2017, she became second in command to Gen. Robert B. Abrams, when she was named the first female deputy commanding general of FORSCOM in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the US Army reported.
Now, Richardson will become the first female commanding general of the US Army FORSCOM as Abrams steps down from his post,
Despite impressive hiring practices during his first year in the White House, President Donald Trump has received little to no credit for his choice of women for the most senior positions on his cabinet, as well as the West Wing.
In fact, the mainstream media only selectively reported on the male appointees of the Trump administration, claiming that he was appointing “more white and male than any first cabinet since Reagan.” This myth was perpetuated by Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) comments as well as media reports that Trump only valued the opinions of “guys named Steve.”
The New York Times even reported on Jan. 13, 2017 — a full week before Trump even took the oath of office or set foot in the oval office — that he apparently preferred men over women for senior roles.
The organization never published a follow-up story in the same way touting the roles that women impressively took on within the administration. Instead, they chose to focus on the inane differences of “inner-cabinet” members (those in line of succession to the presidency) versus other cabinet members, rather than looking at the wide-sweeping empowerment and hiring of women across the entire White House operation.
(first-generation Mexican American immigrant)
Mallory Hunter
(Jewish Mexican American)
Jen Pavlik
Helen Aguirre Ferre
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A Conversation with the Women of America - Panel 1
A Conversation with the Women of America - Panel 2
A Conversation with the Women in America - Panel 3
Obviously President doesn't have anything against women and I would go as far as to say he likes working with women. If he was actually a misogynist, it wouldn't have taken me a week to compile all of this information together. I honestly didn't expect this to be such a long and challenging report.
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