Old Feminist: Ranking the sin of sexual harassment -- it could be worse, Herman Cain could be gay.

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Ranking the sin of sexual harassment -- it could be worse, Herman Cain could be gay.

Amanda Marcotte posted on busting the lie that Republicans really care about sexual harassment here at Pandagon. It really didn't take long for the GOP to move from "it didn't happen" to "so what if it did."

Some statistics I commented with:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/story/2011-11-07/poll-romney-cain-harassment/51109760/1

If accusations [of sexual harassment] were proved, 53% say they definitely would not vote for that candidate; 42% [of conservatives] say they would still consider supporting him or her.

Let's put this in perspective. Among the conservative population:

http://www.gallup.com/poll/26611/some-americans-reluctant-vote-mormon-72yearold-presidential-candidates.aspx
(scroll down for comparison of liberal, moderate, conservative)

71 percent would refuse to vote for an atheist.
64 percent would refuse to vote for someone gay or lesbian.

Yep. Being gay is 12 percent worse than sexually harassing someone, and being an atheist is 29 percent more disqualifying than actually committing a sexual crime.