Bristol Palin, the daughter of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, watched as recent accusations of sexual misconduct ended the careers of high-profile figures in media, entertainment and politics.<\/p>\n
She kept up with the #MeToo movement, where countless women have taken to social media to say that they too are victims of sexual harassment, assault and even rape.<\/p>\n
Now, she has decided to speak out.<\/p>\n
While Palin wrote in a blog post published Friday that she was \u201ctruly amazed by the unity that has been brought on by these courageous women (and men),\u201d she noted that there is one thing \u201cwrong\u201d with the #MeToo campaign.<\/p>\n
The media, Palin claimed, has a double standard when it comes to reporting on allegations of sexual harassment.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we need to look at is a real TRUE standard that needs to be set,\u201d she wrote. \u201cBut here\u2019s a question. How do we pick and choose whom to hold accountable? Why aren\u2019t we looking at all of the sexual harassment? Why are some things \u2018just a joke\u2019 for some, and serious offenses for others?\u201d<\/p>\n
Palin asserted that it\u2019s time \u201cto come together and treat sexual harassment the same, no matter what side of the aisle you may be on.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her argument is not just based on conjecture. Instead, she claims that at least seven well-known celebrities harassed her or her family. The media, she said, did nothing.<\/p>\n
\u201cAre you ready to hold these people accountable?\u201d Palin asked. \u201cHere is a small example of what our family has gone though.\u201d<\/p>\n
The first name Palin put forth was that of Fox News host Chris Wallace. In 2010, radio host Don Imus asked Wallace, who was preparing to interview Palin, if, \u201cWhen you interview her, will she be sitting on your lap?<\/p>\n
\u201cOne can only hope,\u201d Wallace replied, according to CNN.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid Wallace receive any consequences for this kind of sexual harassment?\u201d Palin asked. \u201cNone. No one at Fox Radio batted an eye with his violent misogynist rant \u2014 in fact he\u2019s still celebrated.<\/p>\n
Palin then went on to talk about late night talk show host David Letterman, who in 2009 made an inappropriate remark directed at the Palin family. Letterman joked that one of Sarah Palin\u2019s daughters got \u201cknocked up\u201d by New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez at a Yankees game.<\/p>\n
Letterman claimed he was talking about Bristol Palin, who was 18 at the time. Sarah Palin, though, pointed out that then-14-year-old Willow had attended the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he get reprimanded by CBS for this? No, no one batted an eye at it,\u201d Bristol wrote.<\/p>\n
The next name on her list was rapper Azeala Banks. In 2016, the entertainer advocated for Palin to be raped.<\/p>\n
\u201cSarah Palin needs to have her hair shaved off to a buzz cut, get headf\u2014ed by a big veiny, ashy, black d\u2014 then be locked in a cupboard,\u201d Banks tweeted.<\/p>\n
Later, she added, \u201cHonestly\u2026 Let\u2019s find the burliest blackest n\u2014-s and let them run a train on her. Film it and put it on worldstar.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bristol Palin noted that Banks received no consequences for her tweets, and Twitter even allowed her keep her account open.<\/p>\n
In 2011, former boxer Mike Tyson made similarly graphic remarks about the former governor of Alaska.<\/p>\n
Up next was former \u201cFox & Friends\u201d host and current CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota, who asked Sarah Palin in 2011 about her breasts.<\/p>\n
\u201cHarassing lines of questioning like that is to sexualize the female guest, thus discrediting the important issues she\u2019s there to discuss,\u201d said Bristol. \u201cGee, I wonder why voters have a hard time taking female politicians seriously when a news organization is more interested in the size of their bra than their brain?\u201d<\/p>\n
Finally, she called out two rappers \u2014 Macklemore and Eminem \u2014 for making sexual references to her mother in two of their songs.<\/p>\n
Palin concluded that she is trying to \u201cpoint out a very real issue \u2013 as a society, we cannot have double standards on sexual issues. We won\u2019t fix it until victims of all political stripes are treated with respect and dignity!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSexual harassment will never change when we have the double standards that we do today,\u201d she wrote. \u201cThis isn\u2019t about me or my family. Though the comments that have been made about us are horrible, this movement is way bigger than that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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