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    From Donald Trump to Vladimir Putin, powerful men & their distasteful comments

    Synopsis

    Donald Trump recently sparked off global outrage with his lewd comments on an old leaked tape.

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    “They have the right to work wherever they want to — as long as they have dinner ready when you get home.” – John Wayne, actor and director.

    “When a woman has scholarly inclinations, there is usually something wrong with her sexual organs.” - Friedrich Nietzsche, philosopher and poet.

    “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” Todd Akin, Former Republican Congressman.

    “It’s better not to argue with women… When people push boundaries too far, it’s not because they are strong but because they are weak. But maybe weakness is not the worst quality for a woman.” Vladimir Putin, President of Russia.

    “Direct thought is not an attribute of femininity. In this, woman is now centuries ... behind men.” – Thomas Edison Inventor and businessman.

    “Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.” – Pat Robertson, Media mogul.

    “A little bit of rape is good for a man’s soul.”Norman Mailer, author.

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