10 Myths About Working Moms Donald Trump Perpetuates
bySabrina Joy Stevens
As a mother, a woman of color, and an idealist, there is nothing about Donald Trump that I can say I like. It's not just the myths about working moms he unapologetically perpetuates; it's his racist, xenophobic, misogynistic campaign for president that both frightens and disgusts me. Trump has consistently revealed himself to be a destructive liar who brags about sexually assaulting women, discriminates against people of color, and cheats workers and business owners. Thanks to his campaign, he has spread ideas that make life harder for millions more by normalizing bullying and white supremacist violence, and spreading lies about numerous groups of people that don't benefit from the massive platform he's been allowed to take advantage of and maintain.
Though not as viscerally outrageous as most of what he has said and done throughout his life, Trump and his running mate Mike Pence still perpetuate ideas and hope to enact policies that would severely and negatively affect all of us, and our families’ health, well-being, and quality of life. That’s because they both hold ridiculous misconceptions about how women’s bodies work, as well as deeply sexist, out-of-touch notions about what our roles and rights should be.
It’s not at all surprising that a man who kicked a mom and her baby out of a campaign rally, and whose supporters are willing to openly mock a mother and child with disabilities, would offer policy proposals that do nothing to help working mothers. In Trump’s world, women aren't people who have the same rights to exist in public spaces and pursue our own interests. Instead, we are objects to use for sexual gratification whether we consent or not and, once we’re no longer sexually interesting, to incubate and raise men’s children. Working moms and families can’t afford to live in a country run by someone who believes that, and who perpetuates the following falsehoods: