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Author of @WinnersTakeAll (out now from @AAKnopf), THE TRUE AMERICAN, & INDIA CALLING. Ex-@NYTimes. NBC political analyst. TED talker. @PriyaParker's man. Dad.

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    1. Anand Giridharadas‏Verified account @AnandWrites Sep 25

      There is something important and overlooked in Kavanaugh's claimed, and disputed, virginity.

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    2. Anand Giridharadas‏Verified account @AnandWrites Sep 25

      In some highly traditional societies, men have sexual activity in youth, often consensual, but sometimes involving assault or worse, and still sincerely think of themselves as virgins entering marriage.

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    3. Anand Giridharadas‏Verified account @AnandWrites Sep 25

      A big part of it is they define sex, real sex, as being with someone they respect, someone sanctioned by society and family. What happened before, whether in school or with prostitutes, doesn't count to them. They deny basic reality to feel that they are complying with tradition.

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      Anand Giridharadas‏Verified account @AnandWrites Sep 25

      And so when I see Kavanaugh, I think of the men I have reported on in the past who saw all women before their wife as "not counting," and who often felt free to treat them however they wished because it wasn't really sex and wasn't even real in their twisted imagination.

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        1. Elizabeth Judd‏ @Emannjudd Sep 25
          Replying to @AnandWrites

          I grew up with my parents telling me it takes a lifetime to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. Keep your legs closed your nose clean and your demeanor sweet and you can find a husband. Awful. I have two daughters now. They are NOT being told the same thing.

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        1. Dr. Hillary Haldane‏ @HaldaneHillary Sep 25
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          The literature on the virgin/whore dichotomy is on point with this.

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        1. Beach Chick Willow‏ @willow_chick Sep 25
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          I just tt to a friend abt this & the Catholic "rules" about sex. The Catholic rule was as long as there was no missionary sex anything else you did was not considered a sin. Guys were given a pass & the girls were loose sluts, who were tarnished, guys were given high fives.

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        2. isis marée‏ @r1viera Sep 25
          Replying to @AnandWrites

          How very convenient for them, and when their victims become pregnant they publicly oppose abortion while privately approving it when it suits them.

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        3. isis marée‏ @r1viera Sep 25
          Replying to @r1viera @AnandWrites

          I can also tell you that these men will not be faithful husbands because cheating won't count either. #Mansplaining

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        2. Karen Lubell‏ @karenlubell Sep 25
          Replying to @AnandWrites

          Yes,& I also think there’s a contributing factor — which is the class of the female victim. Female of higher class less-often targeted.

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        3. SVT Group‏ @svtgroup Sep 25
          Replying to @karenlubell @AnandWrites

          It's complex. Would like to see the facts to support this. While certainly those with more power can more easily exploit those with less power, women of relatively high power are also targeted, perhaps *because* of their potential power.

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        1.  🌊 I got a rock  🎃  🌊‏ @LeighAnn_C Sep 25
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          IDGAF if they want to believe they're virgins; the disgrace is their attitude towards the women they don't marry.

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        1. American Walkabout‏ @walkinabout Sep 25
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          You are dimented. Did you report on Bill Clinton? All of the media elites who have had to leave their jobs? Weinstein? Wiener? Did their treatment of woman raise your disdain? But yeah, one woman who won't even testify from 35 years ago, and now he is the monster... wtf!

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        1. ΧΡΙΣΤΌΦΟΡΟΣ bɝːd‏ @christopherburd Sep 25
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          That would be a very eccentric belief in the late 20th-century West, for men at least. I have heard of young women feeling they had recovered their virginity after becoming pious Christians.

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