America’s President hasprofessed admiration for the virility of Russia’s: Trump has called Putin “very smart” and said that, unlike former president Barack Obama, “he’s a leader.” During the 2016 campaign, he criticized Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton for her “stamina” and accused her of being “low-energy.”
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Tuesday that he is acting on Trump’s instructions “to rebuild relations with Moscow,” despite the ongoing investigations into the White House’s relationship with the Kremlin and its efforts to affect the outcome of the 2016 election.
Sexism in Russia remains a persistent problem, according to Russia Beyond the Headlines, and “discrimination against women is commonplace.” Columnist and chief editor of the online-poster site Ezhikezhik.ru Svetlana Feoktistova tells that site, “Men allow themselves to use insulting expressions, engage in sexual harassment, and make dirty jokes, thinking that it is normal and that if a woman is offended, she lacks a sense of humor.
“‘There is a male primacy in work issues.'”
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