Trump isn’t the only norm-blaster

The women and men speaking out about sexual harassment, and even some Peruvian beauty pageant contestants are doing it too.

U.S. President Donald Trump is revising political and social norms with every tweet, decree, and viral outburst, writes Lisa Van Dusen. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

Opinion

BY LISA VAN DUSEN

November 8, 2017

One of the more dangerous phenomena associated with the presidency of Donald Trump in the United States is that the bellicose president is revising political and social norms with every tweet, decree, and viral outburst. No previous president, or G7 leader for that matter (with the disclaimer that ...

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