Clapback #1

As the vote to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh draws closer, protestors have been swarming Washington D.C. to talk to their senators and speak up for sexual assault survivors everywhere.

In one recent video, protestors can be seen approaching Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch inside the Hart Senate Office Building. As Hatch walks to an elevator, one woman says, “Why aren’t you brave enough to talk to us and exchange with us?”

As they continue to talk to him, Hatch steps into the elevator and says, “When you grow up I’ll be glad to.”– (https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a23609550/republican-sen-orrin-hatch-protestors-grow-up/)

Okay, here’s the thing.  Senator Hatch, you are 84 years old.  You’re retiring at the end of this term, thank Goddess.  So, yeah, the protestors who approached you were definitely younger than you. But they are grown women.  They are adults.  They have a perspective that is different from yours, sir.  They have had experiences that are different from yours.  And you didn’t want to hear about those experiences because it conflicted with and threatened your political power.

Women hear this kind of admonition all the time.  Grow up.  Stop being so emotional.  Think about it logically.  You have a problem!  You need to get help!

Meanwhile, a white man can sit for a job interview in which he cries, yells, talks about his love for beer, and shares details from his raunchy yearbook entry and he is elevated to the highest court in the land.  Another man can mock people, brag about sexual assault, and lie constantly and he is supported by men like you in his position as the “leader” of this country.  Maybe THEY need to grow up?

We’re done.  We’ve been gaslighted enough.  We don’t lack age.  We don’t lack maturity.  We lack power.  But rest assured Mr. Hatch, a change gonna come.