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I am proud to call Joe Biden a friend. He has been a leader and a champion on fighting violence against women for many years, and I have been fortunate to accompany him to events with survivors where he has listened to their stories, empathized with them, and comforted them.

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2. That's who Joe Biden is - a warm, generous individual who believes its on all of us to pay attention to women's stories and experiences.

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3. Biden started Its On Us because he believes to meaningfully change our culture, everyone - including those often left out of the conversation like college athletes and fraternity brothers - needed to be part of the movement.

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4. Joe Biden’s response that he never meant to make anyone uncomfortable and that he'll listen and learn from anyone who says otherwise is exactly the leadership we need to build a culture where women are heard and are equal.

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5. I respect Lucy Flores' decision to share her story and agree with Biden that we all must pay attention to it. But, just as we must believe women that decide to come forward, we cannot assume all women's experiences are the same.

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6. I believe that Joe Biden's intent has never been to make anyone uncomfortable, and that his kind, empathetic leadership is what our country needs. Especially now.

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Wowwwwww. Wow. Intent is not important. Intent is what is used to silence female victims, because a man’s intent is always valued by society as more important than a woman’s experience. Believe women, indeed.

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This is a good opportunity for someone like him to start the conversation that everyone should wait for expressed consent before touching someone,regardless of intent or context.

could have had no bad intentions and

not wanted to be touched, both can be true

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honestly, who cares what you believe or his intent

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Alyssa, you need to stop. This is not allyship. It is entirely possible for Biden to both A) have good intentions and feminist policy positions AND ALSO B) exhibit unexamined misogyny in his lack of respect for women's physical space and boundaries. Please don't discredit women.

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The fact that he has never made YOU uncomfortable doesn't mean he's never made anyone ELSE uncomfortable. His treatment of you, a high-profile celebrity peer, may not be identical to his treatment of women in way more vulnerable positions.

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😭😭😭😭💀

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intent does not overrule impact. it doesn't matter what joe biden "intended" to do when he routinely, for decades, behaved inappropriately and harmed women.

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Yeah okay #IbelieveSOMEsurvivors 🤣

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WUT??

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