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[Trigger warning for sexual harassment]

NPR: "Anthony Weiner's Political Sin: Picked Bad Time To Be Big Distraction"

I don't know what to be more appalled by, the assumption that there's a good time to sexually harass women, or the stark accuracy of the assumption that violating women's personal boundaries isn't necessarily bad for men's political influence.

See also: Liss on the framing of Weiner's resignation.

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