(Dec 13, 2021 02:18 AM)Magical Realist Wrote: How Republican and Democratic sex scandals differ
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk...ls-differ/
You probably should have read beyond just affirming your bias.
Republican sex scandals have also been more likely to involve adultery than Democratic ones: 86 percent of the GOP scandals involved an elected official cheating on his wife, compared to only 65 percent of Democratic scandals. The remaining scandals all dealt with other types of sexual indiscretion.
Adultery isn't a crime and occurs between consenting adults.
Democratic officials, on the other hand, were twice as likely to bring their bad behavior into the workplace – 53 percent of Democratic scandals involved some sort of workplace harassment or dalliance, compared to 27 percent among Republicans.
Sexual harassment and abuse of power are crimes.
Finally, it’s worth noting that Democratic voters have been more forgiving of scandal than their Republican counterparts – “Democrats have been twice as likely to win their next re-election contest as Republicans, 53 to 25 percent,” according to Clement’s analysis. Partially this is because voters hate hypocrites, and there are few things more hypocritical than a candidate who runs on family values - as Republicans have - and then cheats on his spouse.
All of which goes to show that cheaters do sometimes prosper, particularly if said cheater is a Democrat.
Democrat voters are more forgiving of sexual dalliances and harassment, because they generally don't have strict moral values.
But this thread is about sexual assault and pedophilia, not just people cheating on their spouses.