Has anyone close to you ever done something that caused you to lose respect for them?

This summer I spent a weekend with conservative relatives. My uncle by marriage is a die-hard Trump supporter. We were watching the DNC on Fox News and Hillary Clinton was giving a speech. My uncle, who apparently hates Clinton with a passion, said sarcastically that if he was Bill he’d want to ‘go home and have sex with her every night,’ obviously referring to Bill’s philandering and the fact that Hillary Clinton has been cheated on.

This bothered me for a couple of reasons. This uncle is my aunt’s second husband. Her previous marriage ended in divorce because her first husband cheated on her.

Secondly, though I’ve become used to daily reminders that my value as a woman is determined by how fuckable I am, I’d really prefer that my own uncle not be the source of those reminders.

This event really soured my opinion of this person, who I genuinely like and had a high opinion of. I can’t help feeling disgusted by his remarks and wish I had never seen this sexist side of him.