J. Mertens wrote: "Trump's comments are neither unique nor isolated. He did not invent violence against women. Rather, his crass language and cruel sexual innuendo is forcing our nation to confront what too many American girls and women already know. In insidious ways, rape culture, sexism and misogyny already infect many elements of American life."

We also need to identify sexism and misogyny within the Catholic Church as the abusive behavior it is...  and then to ask why some professed Christians in our own church (laity and clergy) would vote for a man who manifests these traits and brags about them. What sort of Christian witness is that within our own house, never mind the nation and the world?