Two years after SenGillibrand became the first senator to call for Al Franken's resignation amid 8 allegations of sexual harassment against him, the 2020 presidential hopeful says she does not regret leading the charge against Franken.
She was hardly the only lawmaker disturbed by the Franken allegations: 36 more senators also went on to call for him to resign. And yet, the issue continues to dog Gillibrand in a classic case of blaming a woman for taking a man to task; forto question the entitlement of a powerful, well-liked man to keep his job despite multiple allegations of bad behavior.
The article went on to further suggest that Gillibrand was self-serving because she repeated her call for Franken to step down while pushing for a new bill banning mandatory arbitration for sexual harassment claims. “She didn’t mention,” thewrote, “that Franken had originated the legislation—and had given it to Gillibrand to sponsor, out of concern that it might be imperiled by his scandal.
The bottom line, as Gillibrand added, is that there is a persistent double standard when it comes to female politicians. “Women are asked to hold accountable their colleagues. The men are not,” she said. “Who is being held accountable for Al Franken’s decision to resign? Women senators, including me. It’s outrageous. It’s absurd.”
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