Andrew Giuliani #transphobia

Andrew Giuliani #transphobia thedailybeast.com

New York gubernatorial hopeful—and son of disgraced Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani—Andrew Giuliani brought up his young daughter in a weekend rant about gender, stating that he had “looked under the hood” and that she was a woman and “she’s gonna stay a woman”.

Giuliani’s comments, delivered at a Long Island rally by a far-right group, came amid remarks condemning options for transgender people. He spoke about his four-month-old daughter, saying he is “gonna be the last guy in a long time that looks under the hood right there.”

She “made a promise to me on the first day, right? My wife was sleeping, and I’m holding her [my daughter] in my arms. And I get emotional thinking about it, but she made a promise with me. She shook my hand and I said, ‘I’m the only boyfriend till you’re 25 years old, shake hands.’

“Shook my hand. So I have changed the diapers. I have looked under the hood. She’s a woman. I’m gonna be the last guy in a long time that looks under the hood right there. But guess what? She was born a woman and she’s gonna stay a woman, it’s that simple.”

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Doesn’t he just exude the energy of the sort of guy you’d leave your child with? Hey, I have an idea, let’s make him Governor!

Yeah - because that's not completely fucking disturbing, the almost pedophilic interest in his daughter's genitals.

I’m the only boyfriend till you’re 25 years old … I’m gonna be the last guy in a long time that looks under the hood right there.

I don’t have kids yet, but I’m fairly sure that this isn’t a normal thing to say.

But remember, it’s LGBTs who are grooming creeps!

Also… is this “the first day” supposed to be literal? You cannot make an agreement with a newborn!

As if Josh Buggar wasn't sufficient, thanks for the extra ammunition we can use against rightists who call those not exactly like them degenerates.

Because you've just proved that we can't be, OP.

Huh, interesting. I’d say that I’m struggling to find the words to express how I felt reading this, but actually, a single word would be enough.

Which one, though? “Yuck” doesn’t really cut it, “Bro…” would badly undersell it, and while this stuff is “disgusting”, that is a way more dignified word this needs as a reaction.

So, without further ado, allow me to… Eeeeeeuuuuuurrgghhh!

You keep saying “look under the hood” like that somehow makes your behavior less creepy. We’re not cars, asshole, we’re people and referring to us as inanimate objects when talking about looking at our genitals really sends a message about how you really think of women.

<@Why?> #120167

In purity culture it’s entirely normal unfortunately. The girl’s dad is her “boyfriend” until she starts “courting” (going on dates with a chaperone) someone approved by her parents. It’s really gross.

What it the goddamn fuck is it with these anti trans folk being so damn creepy? Seriously this is disgusting. On so many levels

@Yutolia #120187

When I was in high school, there was this girl who had what appeared to be a wedding ring. My friends and I were morbidly curious if she was married or not, and eventually somebody asked her what it was.

She explained it was a “purity ring” that her father gave her, basically as a symbol of virginity until she’s passed on to a buyer—— er, husband. It would be comical if it wasn’t so messed up.

What the fuck. What the actual fuck. This man should have been tarred and feathered and run out of town for being such a fucking creep. Who the fuck goes into such detail about how he's inspected his daughter's genitalia and how he's going to control sexual access to said genitalia because it's his now? Who in the fuck does that?!

‘I’m the only boyfriend till you’re 25 years old, shake hands.’

What, you won’t have her married off by age twenty at the latest?

I can’t say much that everyone else hasn’t already said. Still, this is just wrong on SOOOO many levels…!

@Yutolia #120187
I’ve seen photos of purity balls. The girls dress in white gowns that resemble wedding dresses. Some of girls are under 12.

But there is nothing about the boys’ purity.

Some purity groups have the future husbands hanging out with the dads and playing basketball with the girls’ brothers. Some wisecracker wrote that the future husbands are dating the dads.

@Titania #120206
There was a quiverful minister prayed over his newborn daughter’s ovaries.

@Bastethotep #120217
He’s probably the dad who makes it point to clean his rifle when a date comes to see daughter.

In some circles, 25 is rather late to get married. I’m thinking of Granny in The Beverly Hillbillies who believed 15 was the prime marrying age for girls.

@Bastethotep #120217

No, he knows that would draw out a lot of criticism

@Blackcat #120227
He’s probably the dad who makes it point to clean his rifle when a date comes to see daughter.

Possibly because Daddy Dearest shares the belief that being sexually exploitive, maybe outright predatory, is how a Real Man is meant to behave towards the opposite sex.

But he’s also on a continuous Trial Of Manhood to intimidate other men into NOT behaving like that towards HIS girl(s), like any and every daughter of his. He is to enforce the notion that “MY family’s ranks doesn’t include any whores! Because I’M no SISSY!!”

@Blackcat #120225

Oh yeah! The only thing said about the boys’ purity is girls have make sure they’re never doing anything that might “tempt” someone. So the girls are responsible for their own purity plus the boys as well. So men’s behavior is somehow women’s responsibility #88293817830502718.

The whole “one daughter’s only boyfriend” sounds pretty incestuous.

The fact that Rudy married his first cousin really does not help with that. Or with how sexual “looked under the hood” sounds. Or any of this. There is no way not to interpret this badly, context only makes it worse.

@Passerby #120325

Or when he exposed himself in front of Borat’s daughter…

If his wife has a spine, this speech should be Exhibit #1 at their divorce hearing AND at the hearing to deny him any visitation rights with his child.