My Long-Time Conservative Mother Broke Up with Her Boyfriend Because He Said VP Harris Slept Her Way to the Top
How statements like these undercut the achievements of women everywhere
I grew up in a conservative household. My mother spent her thirties and forties driving around in a car with a Pro-Life license plate, which makes the below event even more surprising.
“I broke up with my boyfriend,” my sixty-nine-year-old mother said a few weeks ago.
“You did?” I asked. When my mother first started dating during the pandemic, she went through men-like matches, but this boyfriend had been a constant for a couple of years. “Why?” I pressed.
She thumbed her phone and averted my gaze.
“He said Vice-President Harris slept her way to the top, and I kinda lost my sh*t on him,” she said.
Those were her exact words. When my mother feels passionate about something, there’s no holding her back. My three sisters and I know that with certainty. I gulped.
“You did,” I said.
“I just couldn’t believe he would say something so asinine. It’s one thing to disagree with her policies. That I can respect, but to undermine her achievements. She’s a law school graduate…
