….something changed for Moore after Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for president of the United States, was caught on tape bragging about his ability to sexual assault women. When Trump said, \u201cWhen you\u2019re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything,\u201d\u009d Moore had had enough.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m one among many women sexually abused, misused, stared down, heckled, talked naughty to. Like we liked it. We didn\u2019t. We\u2019re tired of it,\u201d\u009d Moore said. She also had a word about evangelical leaders still supporting Trump: \u201cTry to absorb how acceptable the disesteem and objectifying of women has been when some Christian leaders don\u2019t think it\u2019s that big a deal.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
Moore\u2019s broken silence about the 2016 race\u201d\u201drooted in her own experience with sexual assault\u201d\u201dsignals a widening gender divide between evangelicals. Increasingly, moderate and conservative Christian women are speaking out about Trump\u2019s brand of misogyny and divisiveness, and condemning support for the nominee or silence about him from male evangelicals.<\/p>\n