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Professors, politician reflect on gendered stereotypes in elections By Olivia Anderson THE DAILY CARDINAL

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Several students, including Chair of the Shared Governance Committee Omer Arain and UW-Madison student Zahiah Hammade, watch as Donald Trump’s lead grows in the election.

Marginalized students ‘sad and scared’ after Trump wins presidency Story by Peter Coutu and Sammy Gibbons When walking to class the morning after Election Day, UW-Madison sophomore Ali Khan said he felt like someone close to him passed away. In his classes Wednesday, classmates of Khan were laughing about the election results— a perspective wildly different than his own, as he has friends who “are fearing for what is going to happen to them.” “It felt like it only affected you, and I feel like today, these students are not just historically

marginalized, but feel marginalized today,” Khan said. Many students from groups that Donald Trump regularly targeted during his campaign echoed Khan’s feelings. UW-Madison senior L. Malik Anderson, cofounder and president of Black Journalists Association, said he felt the same worry when the final piece of the electoral puzzle fell into place for Trump. “I was terrified for everyone who represents those marginalized identities. You’re talking about people of color, women, people who fall into the LGBTQ spectrum, Muslims,” Anderson said. “It was almost like we rewinded back to a decade that I’ve never had to live before.” Throughout Trump’s presi-

dential campaign, he made numerous remarks that drew outrage from many Americans. In the second debate, Trump said stop and frisk “worked very well” in New York City, though the practice came under questioning for it’s use of racial profiling. When first announcing his run for presidency, Trump said Mexican immigrants were “rapists” and were “bringing drugs” and “bringing crime.” Throughout his campaign, Trump came under fire for his treatment of women. In a leaked video, Trump was heard bragging about being able to sexually assault women. Trump has proposed a temporary ban from

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While campaigning for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Ohio a week before the election, President Barack Obama spoke of the double standards that have morphed voters’ perception of Clinton. “When a guy’s ambitious and out in the public arena and working hard, well that’s OK,” Obama said. “But when a woman suddenly does it ... you’re all like—well why’s she doing that?” But the battle of political sexism is not limited to the presidential election. State Rep. Melissa Sargent, D-Madison, said individuals, albeit perhaps implicitly, place a woman’s maternal role before her professional one. “The first thing my colleagues will say to me is ‘How are your

kids?’” Sargent said. “But if a male colleague who has kids is standing right next to me that’s not the first thing they say to them.” Double standards for politicians who are women can be identified by deconstructing stereotypes associated with gender, according to professor Janet Hyde, director for Research on Gender and Women’s Studies at UW-Madison. In a panel regarding the 2016 election, Hyde stated that these associations are partially to blame for the disapproval women in politics face from the public. Men are associated with “agentic qualities,” Hyde said, which she explained as “self-confident, self-reliant, dominant and ambitious” characteristics. In contrast, women are most affiliated with their emotional availability and

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State Rep. Melissa Sargent, D-Madison, addresses double standard and stereotypes of being a woman in politics.

Second UW-Madison student arrested for second-degree sexual assault By Sammy Gibbons THE DAILY CARDINAL

UW-Madison freshman Alec Shiva was arrested by UW-Madison Police Department Officers Thursday for second-degree sexual assault. UWPD responded to a residence hall where the incident was reported around 8 p.m. UWPD spokesperson Marc Lovicott said he could not release the name of the residence hall in order to protect the victim. He said it is a residence hall in the Southeast neigh-

borhood of campus. According to a UWPD incident report, the victim told police that Shiva strangled her, held her against a wall and sexually assaulted her in his dorm room. She called authorities after she managed to leave the room. The report said Shiva became combative after a bystander noticed the victim in distress and confronted him. He broke a mirror and other items owned by the university in his room and attempted to punch the bystander.

Shiva was booked into the Dane County Jail and arrested for battery, false imprisonment, strangulation, disorderly conduct and criminal damage to property along with second-degree sexual assault. UW-Madison spokesperson Meredith McGlone said the university is taking appropriate steps to protect the victim and has placed Shiva under emergency suspension. “UW-Madison is committed to preventing sexual violence,” McGlone said. “When there is an

allegation of sexual assault, we seek to offer support, information and resources to the victim.” Lovicott said the investigation is ongoing.

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“We’ve talked to a number of people in the area, including the victim,” Lovicott said. “We refer all the charges to the District Attorney’s office and we await their decision on charging.” Shiva is the second UW-Madison student to be arrested for seconddegree sexual assault this semester. Alec Cook was arrested Oct. 17 and now faces numerous charges of sexual assault. He is also suspended from the university and is currently in jail awaiting payment of his $200,000 bail.upta spernam.

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