Trudeau trumps Donald when it comes to handling women

It’s all about women and intersectionalities! Canadian Press, June 9:

Donald Trump … showed up late for a G7 meeting on women’s empowerment … (with) the gender equality advisory council that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau created … Before Trump’s late arrival … Trudeau …(said): “Every topic we discuss needs to reflect on its impact on women as well as further intersectionalities, whether it be race, gender identity or background or cultures … These are the kinds of things ... we know matter when we’re talking about economic growth that works for everyone.”

Oh no! No communique about women and intersectionalities? Kate Ferguson, Daily Mail, June 11:

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas … slammed (Trump) … “In a matter of seconds, you can destroy trust with 280 Twitter characters’’ … Trump’s refusal means that this will be the first year that the (G7) fails to issue (a joint communique).

Women and intersectionalities, German-style. Connor Boyd, Daily Mail online, June 8:

Germany is considering making state-funded feminist porn and broadcasting it to the public to combat sexist stereotypes … ‘‘fat, skinny, young and old people’’ will be available on the websites of public broadcasters … if the idea goes ahead … Angela Merkel’s social-democratic coalition partners … accepted a proposal … of government-funded feminist pornography for educational purposes … the SPD … (is) the biggest party in Berlin … (and governs with) the Greens and the far-left Die Linke.

Women and intersectionalities British-style. Daily Mail, June 11:

More than 550 cyclists ditched their clothes to take part in the 13th annual World Naked Bike Ride … the ‘‘protestival’’ (is) to demonstrate the vulnerability of cyclists … Some sported glitter boobs … while others went fully nude for the ride.

Women and intersectionalities Canadian-style. Brian Lilley, Toronto Sun, June 10:

“The standard applies to everyone,” Justin Trudeau said in February … (about dealing) with claims of sexual harassment … (Trudeau has been accused of groping a female reporter 18 years ago) … Trudeau’s response … he doesn’t remember … Of course, by Trudeau’s own standards, none of this should matter. … “When women speak up it is our duty to listen to them and believe them,” Trudeau said earlier this year … He boasted of being one of the first male facilitators at the sexual assault centre run by the McGill students’ society. … “I’ve been very, very careful all my life to be thoughtful, to be respectful of people’s space and people’s headspace as well.”

Editorial, Creston Valley Advance, August 7, 2000:

“If I had known you were reporting for a national paper, I never would have been so forward.” Those were the words that were spoken to an Advance reporter by Justin Trudeau, son of former prime minister Pierre Trudeau, August 4. Trudeau … apologised — a day late — for inappropriately “handling” the reporter while she was on assignment, not only for the Advance but also for the National Post and Vancouver Sun … shouldn’t the son of a former prime minister be aware … that groping a strange young woman isn’t in the handbook of proper etiquette regardless of who she is … And what makes the fact that she was working for the Post of any relevance? Big stories break first in community papers … Like father, like son?

Prescient? David Jones, Foreign Policy Research Institute, May 7:

Justin Trudeau’s Canada: Groping for Direction