Male hypocrites try to slut shame Kamala

The big smear of Kamala Harris is well underway, founded and excited almost exclusively by men. I said almost. There are some female haters out there, too.

But the men are the big, fat hypocrites. And I know commenting on a woman’s appearance puts me at risk, but I think it is justified here.

What men are saying — and I am cleaning up some of the language — is that Kamala “slept around,” mentioning especially former California Democratic powerhouse Willie Brown, and, mentioned less, TV host Montell Williams.

That she and Brown had a relationship of several years is indisputable. They both admit to it.

Both she and Williams admit to casual dating. Did it involve sex? Maybe. So what?

When the men talk about Harris “sleeping around” (and they sound a bit jealous) are they totally blind to Donald J. Trump, whose “dating” habits were chronic Page One tabloid bait?

Some of his affairs happened while he was married. He paid $130,000 in hush money to a porn star. At least 18 women have accused him of inappropriate behavior. He had an open affair with Playmate Karen McDougal. He was convicted of sexual abuse against E. Jean Carroll.

You guys have the unmitigated gall to throw stones at others, even as the glass in your house shatters around you? Is this a form of political slut shaming? Are you completely self-unaware?

Back to Harris.

Yes, the Brown affair began when she was 29, and he was 60. That was in the mid ‘90s. 

Yes, he was married with kids, but he had been separated for about a decade.

If you are making the case about adultery, married Willie was the adulterer, not single Kamala.

Do you object to a single woman who is sexually active? Isn’t that what you were looking for when you were single?

The age difference shocks you?

Are you shocked that rocker Steven Tyler is 39 years older than wife Aimee Preston? Actor Nick Cage is 31 years older than wife Riko Shibata. “Star Trek’s” Patrick Stewart is 39 years older than wife Sunny Ozell. Actor Dennis Quaid is 39 years older than wife Laura Savoir. Just to be different, French president Emmanuel Macron is 25 years younger than his wife, Brigitte.

Having been involved in a May-December relationship myself, what I heard from most men was not shock, not outrage, but envy. And I suspect the same from male critics of Kamala, who was a pretty hot number when she was younger, and ain’t bad now in the opinion of many.

The “slept around” narrative reeks of hypocrisy and sexism, unless you have the same complaints about male politicians, such as Trump. And lord knows there have been a lot of them.