How A Woman Dresses And Protecting Big Strong Christian Men

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[@Sunweaver593]

Sounds like the Taliban

[@dallasgraf6442]

Christian Nationalism and Taliban Holy Book Check Flag Check Weapons Check Forcing other thru violence Check

[@sandyzalecki1145]

I was told that I was dressed inappropriately when a man tried to rape me in the back of the church. It felt so degrading to just be almost raped, but to get blamed for it was even worse.

[@TheCatLady65]

🤗

[@evilgingerminiatures5820]

exactly adding insult to injury, people r'pe people because the want to and have the opportunity to do so all that can be said of the victim is that they where in the wrong place at the wrong time & that's just happenstance.

[@kellyharper367]

I'm so sad that happened to you! At least I knew my abusers were "bad" men/teens. It hurts even more when it's someone you're supposed to be able to trust! Then... the blame... that's the cherry on top of the sh*t sundae isn't it! 🍨

[@pilarvaile8865]

I am so very sorry that happened to you Sandy, AND that that's how your spiritual leaders responded. 💖 ((Big hug))

[@sandyzalecki1145]

@@pilarvaile8865 It got worse, but I won't go into that. Men protecting each other and women being told they have no power in the church. That's what it all boils down to.

[@jackyrobinson1716]

Thank you Reverend for pointing out that men are just as responsible for their behavior as women are for theirs.

[@rog3129]

I’m 76 and women have been blamed for tempting men with how they dress my whole life. Can’t believe it’s 2024 and it’s still the same conversation. The Bible started this with Eve and the apple.. yes.. we need to change the thinking..

[@tanyawilliams8254]

Self control is a fruit of the spirit❤ We are all responsible for our own behaviors.

[@evilgingerminiatures5820]

Where is these peoples self restraint

[@lunarwuffy5299]

@@evilgingerminiatures5820 Their lack of self restraint disqualifies them from being considered people.

[@donaldwert7137]

I've heard God prefers fruits of the spirit to religious nuts.

[@utubota5522]

Profoundly insightful, as usual Rev Ed, thanks again.

[@mrheckles1972]

These people are sounding more n more like a certain radical group who follow Sharia Law

[@GwenMeek]

My son served in Kosovo/Macedonia and he couldn’t believe how many women got raped and they were wearing full Burkas… l Am sure he saw it in Afghanistan X 3 as well…

[@kellyharper367]

It's all about power over women... and other men by "spoiling" the other man's property. How sad!

[@fetijajasari9522]

No, not sad, but infuriating! When one half of humanity hates the other half then war will never end!

[@Polyphemus47]

Way back in my youth, I'd hear adult men blaming the victims of s.a. for 'enticing' men by wearing comfy clothes. Your attraction is your responsibility, and NO ONE else's. What's hard to understand about "NO."

[@littletsmom8854]

I have met women who think its the womans fault as well thats even sicker

[@vixendoe6943]

Adam in the 2 nd creation story was a whiner. He not only blamed Eve for offering him the forbidden fruit, he blamed God for creating her. He wasn't man enough to protect her from the temptation, but couldn't say no. So churches have used that story as an excuse to blame women for nan's weakness. No accountability on the nan for his own inability to take responsibility for his weakness.

[@gregoryblaska1586]

One of the sexiest-dressed women in my childhood church was also one of the most authentically and sincerely religious; She was Kindness and Goodness Itself When men would invariably oggle her on Sunday, she'd walk up to them after service, look at them straight in the eye and say quiety but definitively (while gently holding them by hand): "I'm not dressed for you, Honey --- I'm dressed for HIM". Then she'd wink as if saying "Okay?" and walk away. So glad to be reminded of her unique gift after all these years.

[@Crowned744]

Thank you for this. It honestly doesn't seem to matter how we dress. It doesn't matter what we do. A perv is gonna be a perv. I was raised to dress modestly when I go to church, just out of respect for myself and for God. However, what if that one lady that walks in with yoga pants just didn't have time to change but desperately needed the message that was being preached that day. Judge not lest ye be judged. So tired of being accused of being a jezebel because men just don't know how or want to control themselves. But have the nerve to feel the need to control everyone else.

[@annalieff-saxby568]

I honestly heard (on BBC R4) a Muslim man complaining that _a woman wearing a bourka_ was "flaunting herself". It's not the women who are the problem.

[@terrypetersen2970]

Unfortunately this just doesn't happen in churches. It happens everywhere. Including police stations and courts.

[@ad-dx9gi]

Great Lesson, Amen Thanks Rev Ed.. God Bless 🕊️

[@jasonalaimo4787]

Jesus actually talks about this predator pastor. He calls them wolves in sheep’s clothing. I can share so much on the healing I’ve experienced in this sin. The Bible, the word of God teaches me to own my behavior. I am not a victim, and yet I have victimized a lot of people. The freedom of God‘s wisdom in this is immense

[@FireElement7]

Thank you Reverend Trevors!

[@contrafax]

It is up to me to turn my heart and head from the temptation. 😮

[@silverghostcat1924]

Even in the story of Adam and Eve, Adam puts the blame of eat THE fruit on Eve. He takes no responsibility for the fact he could have questioned Eve or just refused to eat it but he did neither and when caught by God, his response was, "She gave me the fruit". The weak blame others, the strong take responsibility.

[@franzwohlgemuth2002]

A little thing us grown-ups like to call "self control". Even us pagans understand that. Tacitus wrote, in Germania, how the Northern European pagans ENFORCED fidelity, abstinence..... SA was an automatic death sentence. It's not a difficult concept.

[@loisjeanmclaughlan5757]

Reminds me of a story about my mother wearing a fitted Red dress to church - and my father was the pastor of a church in Dundas in the late 1940's. "How inappropriate for a pastor's wife" was the outcry. My father put them in their place. Wish he was still alive to hear you. Know he would really enjoy your talks.

[@peacelovehopecharity]

If you're talking about the Texas megachurch preacher I'm thinking of, the "woman who led him to sin" was a tween girl. His lawyer's (whose day job is AG of Oklahoma) strategy is to blame the girl for tempting him, so I'm not surprised if some of his professional friends are echoing this obscene defense on social media.

[@thisorthat7626]

We, as a society, need to teach young children that they are allowed to say "No" to adults and stick to their boundaries. I know so many older adults who have real problems saying "No". They have been taught that it's rude or mean to set boundaries. I do find this happens more with women, but plenty of men have been taught that they are not allowed to set boundaries, IMO.

[@pilarvaile8865]

One of your best offerings yet, Reverend - thank you! My sin IS my fault - and someone's else sins ARE on them. Ive never heard it out so simply and Biblically 💖🙏

[@David-ek8dc]

When you look at christianity, where Jesus took the roles of women, it's clear, the more mature you are as a Christian Male, the more you will look at and treat women as equals. Your treatment of women tells the story of who you are.

[@ChrisSmith-gx4bz]

100%

[@jamesparson]

So for the first 1900 years of Christianity they were failing?

[@MMathis]

I’ve always thought the women must have found Jesus just so refreshing.

[@michelegyselinck5400]

ABSOLUTELY!

[@cliffsaxon5493]

In My Episcopal Church Ladies Oftentimes Wear Shorts And Minidresses And Our Female Priest Has Absolutely No Problem With It.

[@gbprime2353]

My daughter is fighting this in school now. Gotta dress modest to control those boys and their impulses! Sleeveless top? Gasp!

[@jamescox5922]

Yeah - let’s not try to teach boys how to handle their feelings in a respectful manner, let’s make women limit themselves and their expression instead.

[@fetijajasari9522]

And let a lesson about taking responsibility go.

[@gbprime2353]

@@fetijajasari9522 discussions about responsibility and not provoking people (anger or otherwise) have been had. This isn't that. The boys can wear sleeveless shirts if they want, the girls cannot. The implication is that the girls are expected to behave and the boys are expected to be unable to.

[@esseneth]

My HS tried that in the 90's. So my mother bought me daisy dukes and halter tops. Not joking. I didn't wear them regularly, but when the school would start down that path I would. The nice part for me was the principal was terrified of my mother.

[@andscifi]

Years ago I had a friend who was working a job taking care of a quadriplegic man. One of the things he did was take him to church every sunday. After a few weeks they approached him and asked him not to wear shorts anymore. I can understand where they were coming from, but it's the entirely wrong attitude. He might hurt the appearance of their church. What they seemed to forget was that every week they got the chance to speak into the life of someone who wasn't a member of their church and that should be far more important. Focus on clothing is just another sign of an external focus and that's not what the church should be.

[@arianahoule7223]

When I was "4," my father began his eight years of sexual abuse. For fifteen years he used a belt, clothes hangers and his boots to beat me. At "16," and "17," I was raped. This set me up to marry a misogynistic husband. I was told that, because I was pretty, I made men abuse me. So, over the years I put on weight to repel men. It didn't always work. I'm now "76," and I'm very happy living alone. In today's world, I'm watching how some men want to continue their abusive rule over women. My hope is that the younger generations are making choices to declare their autonomy. Women no longer have to marry. Women have the option to go to a sperm bank. Women deserve to be loved and it begins with self-love.

[@KatMo7121]

You definitely deserved and still deserve better! 💔💙

[@lilianfowler7988]

You deserved to be loved and protected. The sin was in the man.

[@schannstewart9385]

That's exactly what Amish believe. If woman is assaulted, she is blamed always for tempting the man...looking in his eyes etc....sick!

[@TheCatLady65]

This is the very reason why I stopped going to church.

[@dragondancer1814]

The “blame the woman” attitude is one of _many_ reasons why I quituated not just Sunday school, but Christianity altogether at 14!

[@gregoryblaska1586]

Temptations are there for a reason: They are there for Inner Checking my at-the-moment relationship with God. Without those Temptations I have nothing with which to work. How else can I get a handle on exactly how unregenerated I still am? Bring it On, Baby!

[@marcellacruser951]

A strong person gives consideration to what is appropriate, in thoughts AND deeds, and then acts accordingly.

[@contrafax]

It is up to me to turn my heart and head from the temptation. 😮

[@DumpsterDivingDragon]

Amen. Ty, Rev Ed. 'Nmultis' ^j^

[@bdell519]

Thank you Reverend Ed, as always. In my previous church women all wore dresses (modest ones) and headscarves. I don't go there now but it's not due to the dress code. Great talk, sir!

[@paulgrayhurst1902]

Absolutely Ed. It’s long past time men stopped blaming women for our failings. It not a woman’s fault that a man WON’T (not can’t) control himself. Men also need to call each other out on these things. Being a decent respectful, mature man is one thing but pointing out when another man isn’t being those things…. That is a whole different story. We men are so afraid to be ostracized from the boys club so we often keep our mouths shut. Call out bad male behaviour when necessary. Act and speak beside women in the struggle for equal rights. It’s not just an issue for women to solve.

[@LindaVernon]

You are so correct that men need to call each other out. It's not easy, but men like you are an example that it can be done.

[@kellyharper367]

Amen!

[@schannstewart9385]

You can admire someone's beauty without acting out.

[@kevinjohnson7839]

Amen 🙏

[@KatMo7121]

"Big strong" little men with absolutely no self-control over their lusts, who are blaming women for having a "Jezebel spirit" and daring to be human beings instead of property! It's so refreshing to hear your truthful, insightful take on such BS!

[@VitriolicVermillion]

You're a good man, Ed. One of the things I've learned in recent years is the depth of the depravity that is within us, and that it doesn't erase the good we are capable of, nor tip the scales to condemn us as being already fully consumed by that evil we are capable of. The ways I've had to learn these lessons have left me terrified and scarred, but I'm glad to have come out of it with some faith in humanity that I may not have otherwise had.

[@davidbroughall3782]

The gap between fundamentalist Christianity and fundamentalist Islam as it relates to how women are treated is very much narrower than you think.

[@daltonadams4672]

The gap between the fundamentalists of the Abrahamic faiths is none existent .

[@Nomen.Monniker]

There's a gap?

[@EH23831]

Ya know, there’s been more than one art installation showing what women wore when they were raped… mostly jeans and a top because that’s what we wear.

[@davidllewis4075]

Many years back the best pastor I've ever known gave a definition of a beautiful Christian woman which I have repeated many times: ''Everything about her demeanor, everything about her decorum, every thing about their dress draws attention to Jesus.'

[@AZsunflower]

Not sure what this even means. Jesus wore a dress.

[@midnightman352]

amen rev

[@timdowney6721]

The blaming of women for the lack of responsibility of men is so utterly despicable. No different than saying women should be responsible for using birth control to avoid unwanted pregnancies…. Ever heard of a vasectomy……which, just by the way, has a much lower failure rate than most other measures? The “chastity movement” is nothing but men looking hither and yon to avoid their own responsibilities. Disgusting to a fault.

[@Pawpatrol119]

Amen Ed

[@shawnsmolk9314]

This is why women in places like Afghanistan have to wear Burqas. Because in their culture/religion men should not be expected to control themselves upon seeing a woman. For the same reason, western women in the 1700s were not supposed to show their ankles or wrists.

[@b.questor]

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I'm beholden," but when I get home, I think it best not to go searching on the internet for her look-alike.

[@junerussell6972]

One has only to look at the Amish community to know that how a woman dresses has nothing to do with the sexual proclivities of the men around them. There are very few communities where a woman dresses more modest than in that community. Yet they still have men who "sin" in the way that "women dressing modestly" is supposed to stop. Same can be said for communities where women are supposed to be completely covered (including their face), and yet men still "sin." As you say, it has to do with the hearts and brains of the men, not how the women are dressing (or not dressing.) Anything that a woman is supposedly doing to make a man's life more difficult (dressing in a way the men don't like, or taking jobs the men think are men's jobs, or women having rights over their own bodies) is blamed for the men's behavior when it's the *men* who need to take responsibility for what they do. From the dawn of history, men have tried to control and blame women, rather than looking at themselves.

[@amyschmidt1113]

Teversnd Trevor I love the message and I love the WAY you deliver it. You kind of bring us along in your inner dialogue. And its so relatable, even humorous. It actually makes me want to belong to a group of real Christians. You're a breath of fresh air. I'm sure people have told you that. But it's so true. You make "being real" and being a Christian look like a worthy thing. Thank you!

[@JB-et7zs]

I'm going to pause this right at the one minute mark to make a guess at what the other pastors were saying because I have a really good guess. If I continue and I am right I am going to treat myself to a tasty snack today. Edit: yay, I'm getting some peanut butter m&ms today!!

[@schannstewart9385]

Sexual abuse about power not sex

[@user-wq8rf9kr9n]

👍

[@christosyannios9321]

Hi folks, may I ask when Rev. Ed typically streams?

[@wisdomseeker3937]

So blame the woman but not the man who actually has a problem. Doesn't the Bible say lust is a sin? From an agnostic. I'm sure that the Bible teaches that sin is internal and not external.

[@jamescox5922]

You know, God had no issue with Adam and Eve being naked. It was the two of them who experienced shame when they had eaten of the Apple. God never said: “Gosh, Adam - will you cover that thing up!”

[@margueritepeaden3445]

Could they please explain to me about the ones that molest small children then. How were they a temptation? Not all of those being assaulted are grown women or even teenagers who may be dressing “provocatively”. And not all of them are “godless sinners” who are doing the assaulting, a lot are church going men. If a woman walks by a man stark naked she is still not his prey. Put the blame where it belongs, someone who doesn’t want to control himself and will use any flimsy excuse.

[@JasonShaw-hh9xi]

"We are created by God, in God's own image, no less!" So we are told. Unfortunately, we are also, told, "Your body is disgusting! And, you are a filthy, awful, human being, for displaying yourself, in such a way!". How are you supposed to take that seriously? P.S. Thanks, Rev.🤘💙

[@jamescox5922]

How would you know whether you are faithful or not if you were never presented with temptation? Faith untested is merely theory.

[@TraceyScruggs-wk7ru]

1994 I divorced my narcissistic cheating born again Christian husband for chronic cheating and abuse He blamed me and told members of the congregation that it was me that was the cheater At that time our pastor was cheating on his wife ,one of the dads of four children was sexually abusing all his children and is still in jail And so on . The church brought in a substitute pastor and one Sunday I showed up in jeans and a T Shirt and he ask me to leave and go home and change because my jeans were too tight and inappropriate Because of the lies my ex told ,after I kicked him I had 3 different married men from the church show up at random times thinking they have sex with me I left church and I’ve never ever been back ! Infidelity has nothing to do with what women wear Don’t get me wrong Not all males are pervert, And we shouldn’t paint them all with the same brush. many women of other cultures must be completely covered in garments are raped and abused regardless of being completely covered. The biggest and sickest problem is Christian born again men say God will forgive me cause I’m saved and I prayed for forgiveness so u have to forgive me as well Using being saved as a free pass is a huge sin

[@KingoftheJuice18]

Just to clarify something important: Sexual thoughts and feelings are not "impure" or sinful in the first place. I know many religious teachers have tended to be, in Nietzsche's phrase, "despisers of the body," but this is bad theology.

[@gregoryblaska1586]

INDEED

[@myeyeswentdeaf6213]

I agree, the whole being so uptight about sexuality that is so common in so many churches and religions, is creepy to me. I’ve always found it off putting and just,.. idk, people like that raise red flags for me. Always did.

[@emmanuelbeaucage4461]

I sure hope so... The thoughts are all I have on that front!

[@KingoftheJuice18]

@@myeyeswentdeaf6213 It's almost as if some Christians don't believe God made us.

[@KingoftheJuice18]

@@emmanuelbeaucage4461 I pray you soon find the true love of your life!

[@bridgestew]

Your point is well taken and not lost on me, please believe that. There are points the Apostle Paul makes about being able to spot others who are weak in their faith and, for their consciences sake, adjusting your own behavior to prevent them from falling down. In no way am I saying that women are to blame and their clothing choices are the issue. My point is that we are supposed to be thinking about each other and how to lift each other up in accordance with what we are capable. The balance will be delicate. I don't think it is ok to create mandates and dress codes that may set boundaries that prevent a person from being able to attend, which should also be avoided. This is why grace and mercy are required. 😀

[@PaulUsypchuk]

God created Adam and Eve in a place defined as paradise. In the middle of this wonderful place God also placed temtation in the form of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.. . That was no accident.. God intended His creation to experiance temtation. Although there is more to the book of Genisis, the moral of its story is.. Don't succumb to temptation.

[@russelldunmire4799]

GOD tells me that church, in regards to the physical building, means nothing to HIM. HE is everywhere. If you were born in this universe. You’re in HIS church. If you were ever born in this universe. Your in HIS church. If you will EVER be born into this universe. You are in HIS church. Church is only about community. It’s our, EXTENDED FAMILY, family dinner, if you will. Where we gather with loved ones, conversate, get filled up with good usable fuel(for thw soul) and strike out again amongst the world, to share that overflowing love that you just received from so many like minded lovely people. Go ahead, call me a liar. 😊I won’t mind. Still love you.

[@stankrajewski8255]

Pffffft. Beware "always" and "never". Boys will be boys will not fly with me. However, I will accept responsibility for my actions and ask that those who seek to gain from their acts to be sexually attractive care for their actions. Marketing sexuality is an action. It is a tool to gain power in this world. I parented two lovely daughters (spirit/mind/body) over the last 30 years. They are independent individuals who take responsibility for how they carry themselves in the many environments that they enter. This is my feminist stance against patriarchal notions of "the weaker sex".

[@markpashia7067]

So how is this any different than Muslim's putting women in hijabs?

[@trappedinamerica7740]

It’s literally not. It’s exactly the same and even the same god.

[@Sailor-Man-Dave]

This whole thing about women needing to dress more modestly is the same logic that keeps Muslim women covered from head to toe in some countries. We make fun of it there, but completely miss the comparison here in America.

[@BarrySometimes]

I agree with you. On the subject of thoughts, how is it possible to author thoughts? Or consider thoughts as a form of sin? Would authoring non-sinful thoughts not require choosing our thoughts prior to thinking them? I mean, I'm currently thinking about what you've said, now I'm thinking about thoughts, & now I'm thinking about what it would mean if a woolly mammoth were to emerge from my refrigerator, now I'm wondering if you play basketball, & now I'm thinking it would be call to talk about these things with you while playing basketball, now I'm thinking about an extinct species of elephant again. At no point did I say to myself I should be thinking about elephants & not rabbits, so green light woolly mammoth thoughts

[@russelldunmire4799]

Need help church. I lost all my email contacts and all my old mail has been scrubbed. Pardon my tech ignorance here, but I need to get a message to Rev Ed. Any help in that regard, would be wonderful. I feel Ed compelled to share revelation. But Lord has told me to make direct requests, and receive acceptance first, before spreading my word. It’s something along those lines. Hard to tell exact what HE means.

[@CharlesMoore-hy2ht]

Jesus never took on the role of a women but he did treat them with kindness dignity and respect and even had them as disciples but never as Apostle's and he did tell the woman at the well she was responsible for her sin of Adultery yes we have all sinned and come short if the glory of God and we will sin more in our life time it when we don't see our sins that we commit that gets us.

[@Uriel238]

By my observation rhetoric regarding _sin_ is dangerous. Typically, in the late 20th century and the 21st century, sin is the mechanism by which ministries create a more palatable sermon, by pointing at the sins of outsiders and suggesting undesirables in our neighborhood are the culprit, and need to be purged. But sin rhetoric also fuels depression and suicidality. If Jesus is telling me that I should self-harm (gouge out my eye for causing me to sin) does it not naturally follow to continue the process through and including vital signs? If I am unable to stop sinning while I live, there are clear measures I can take to assure I will cease to sin at all. If God holds me in such contempt, why do I exist in the first place? Am I an error? Because the path to self-correction is obvious. (Suicidality for me is a daily matter, even if I manage it. Tell me my problems are a character flaw or my own responsibility to fix, and my options list collapses. My mind will go on and on and on for months.) Human society does not handle sexuality well, and religious ministries are notorious for silencing victims and covering up when ministers or youth pastors cross professional lines. To be fair, the corporate sector _also_ has such scandals rise frequently, with human resources departments looking first to defend upper-management offenders and silence or discredit the victims. Sexual harassment in the workplace is a problem today the way it was in the 1980s, or the 1960s, or whenever, and we don't do a thing. That said, I wouldn't turn to talk about sin. Most of us are more inclined to worry about harm, that our abuse of power is seen by our victims as a real threat, and wrecks their well-being and causes emotional trauma. And those who don't care about what harm they cause are probably not worried about how sinful they're being.

[@rebeccaholcombe9043]

When Jesus made the comments about cutting off the hand or plucking the eye it was in response to men putting the blame for their bad behavior on women instead of on themselves. It was slightly hyperbolic but to illustrate the point.

[@MaraschinoPenguin31415]

With thankful agreement and great respect, I’d like to add a small nuance. A woman can, out of graciousness, attempt to reduce temptation to those around her. This would be similar to hiding the alcohol if an alcoholic is coming to visit. This idea is seen in 1 Corinthians 8:9 “Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block to the weak.”

[@Sailor-Man-Dave]

I don't ENTIRELY disagree with you, but it's funny how that so often gets applied to women, rather than to us and our perceived equals.

[@MaraschinoPenguin31415]

@@Sailor-Man-Dave Yes, exactly. Oh - just in case you were including me in “us”, I am a woman, with plenty of experience attracting too much attention even in the most modest clothing. I would be happy to say that I was dressing modestly out of kindness, but, sadly, it’s mostly out of self-preservation.

[@MaraschinoPenguin31415]

I think that many problems need to be approached from both sides. For example, children, obey your parents. Parents, don’t be too harsh with your children. But all too often the focus falls on only one side. And each side should be focused on itself, not demanding that the other side comply. The message is NOT, parents, tell your children to obey. (This is why a third party is so often important.)

[@artpatronforever]

A woman who pretends to have intelligence or ability as a chief executive to be a fit commander in chief of a nations military and other security forces, while already having proven many ways not to have any ability for doing that job, is a more serious greater concern than women who dress modestly or scantily and may think they are "all that" in terms of talent and ability either way.

[@daltonadams4672]

Grow up!

[@artpatronforever]

@@daltonadams4672 I am a great grandfather and 8th generation heritage of pilgrim ancestors who arrived in North America in what would later be the Penn Colony. I am an infantry officers father and very generation has been combat infantry, because the world isn't always a peaceful civilized and neighborly place. I am grown, all gown up for a very long time, and smart enough not to be deceived by criminal frauds and charlatans like those in the present corrupt US administration, with all its stupid unlawful mandates complicit in a loss of life in USA and around the world. A change in regime is needed. Only stupid people don't know it.

[@Sailor-Man-Dave]

How ridiculous! She's been a prosecutor, the Attorney General of California, a US Senator, and Vice President. She's got a resume a mile long, and a record anyone would be proud to stand on. She's the 2nd most experienced candidate for President in the past 50 years (The most experienced is Pres. Biden). Your misogyny/racism and mindless partisanship play no part in her qualifications. I echo @daltonadams4672 above: Grow up!