Donald Trump

=== Misogyny and allegations of sexual misconduct ===
{{Main|Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations}}
Trump has a history of insulting and belittling women when speaking to media and on social media.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Rothe|first1=Dawn L.|last2=Collins|first2=Victoria E.|date=November 17, 2019|title=Turning Back the Clock? Violence against Women and the Trump Administration|journal=Victims & Offenders|volume=14|issue=8|pages=965–978|doi=10.1080/15564886.2019.1671284}}</ref><ref name="demeans">{{cite web|first1=Michael D.|last1=Shear|author-link1=Michael D. Shear|first2=Eileen|last2=Sullivan|author-link2=Eileen Sullivan|title='Horseface,' 'Lowlife,' 'Fat, Ugly': How the President Demeans Women|date=October 16, 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/16/us/politics/trump-women-insults.html|access-date=August 5, 2020}}</ref> He made lewd comments, disparaged women's physical appearances, and referred to them using derogatory epithets.<ref name="demeans"/><ref>{{cite web|first=Ritu|last=Prasad|title=How Trump talks about women – and does it matter?|date=November 29, 2019|work=[[BBC News]]|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50563106|access-date=August 5, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Fieldstadt|first=Elisha|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/donald-trump-consistently-made-lewd-comments-howard-stern-show-n662581|title=Donald Trump Consistently Made Lewd Comments on 'The Howard Stern Show'|work=[[NBC News]]|date=October 9, 2016|access-date=November 27, 2020}}</ref> At least 26 women publicly accused Trump of rape, kissing, and groping without consent; looking under women's skirts; and walking in on naked teenage pageant contestants.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Nelson|first1=Libby|last2=McGann|first2=Laura|title=E. Jean Carroll joins at least 21 other women in publicly accusing Trump of sexual assault or misconduct|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/6/21/18701098/trump-accusers-sexual-assault-rape-e-jean-carroll|access-date=June 25, 2019|date=June 21, 2019|work=[[Vox (website)|Vox]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Rupar|first=Aaron|title=Trump faces a new allegation of sexually assaulting a woman at Mar-a-Lago|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/10/9/20906567/trump-karen-johnson-sexual-assault-mar-a-lago-barry-levine-monique-el-faizy-book|access-date=April 27, 2020|work=[[Vox (website)|Vox]]|date=October 9, 2019}}</ref><ref name="no26">{{cite web|last=Osborne|first=Lucy|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-web/2020/sep/17/amy-dorris-donald-trump-women-who-accuse-sexual-misconduct|title='It felt like tentacles': the women who accuse Trump of sexual misconduct|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=September 17, 2020|access-date=June 26, 2023}}</ref> Trump has denied all of the allegations.<ref name="no26"/> 

In October 2016, two days before the [[2016 United States presidential debates#Second presidential debate (Washington University in St. Louis)|second presidential debate]], a 2005 "[[hot mic]]" recording surfaced in which [[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|Trump was heard bragging]] about kissing and groping women without their consent, saying that "when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. ... Grab 'em by the [[Pussy#Female genitalia|pussy]]."<ref>{{cite web|last=Timm|first=Jane C.|title=Trump caught on hot mic making lewd comments about women in 2005|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-hot-mic-when-you-re-star-you-can-do-n662116|work=[[NBC News]]|date=October 7, 2016|access-date=June 10, 2018}}</ref> The incident's widespread media exposure led to Trump's first public apology during the campaign<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/08/us/politics/donald-trump-women.html|title=Donald Trump Apology Caps Day of Outrage Over Lewd Tape|date=October 7, 2016|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=October 8, 2016|last1=Burns|first1=Alexander|author-link1=Alex Burns (journalist)|last2=Haberman|first2=Maggie|author-link2=Maggie Haberman|last3=Martin|first3=Jonathan|author-link3=Jonathan Martin (journalist)}}</ref> and caused outrage across the political spectrum.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/299895-kaine-on-lewd-trump-tapes-makes-me-sick-to-my-stomach|title=Kaine on lewd Trump tapes: 'Makes me sick to my stomach'|last=Hagen|first=Lisa|date=October 7, 2016|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|access-date=October 8, 2016}}</ref>