Shapiro At University Of Tennessee: ‘What My Dad Taught Me Was To Be A Gentleman, And To Treat Women With Respect’

Speaking at the University of Tennessee on Wednesday night, Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief Ben Shapiro had a ready answer when he was asked by a young woman whether leftist feminist women should feel “disenfranchised” by the recent revelations of rampant sexual abuse in Hollywood. Shapiro criticized the Left for their insistence that men should abandon their traditional roles as protectors of women, noting that the concept of teaching men not to rape was an illusory remedy for the problem of sexual abuse, proffering the idea that men need to be given positive role models who could act as guides for boys before they turn into men, and slamming the current climate in which sex is viewed as transactional.

The young woman prompted Shapiro’s reply with this question: “Do you think that women who voted for Hillary, women who have strongly defended the feminist movement and supported the Left are feeling disenfranchised given the current climate of sexual brutality and oppression brought to light in Hollywood recently?”