I had barely finished yesterday's editorial on the ugly comments from Donald Trump concerning women when a new wave of allegations came crashing down on us late yesterday afternoon.
First, it was Trump, in a decade-old video, talking about his sexual conquests and how we would casually "grab" women.
He apologized and later tried to pass off his comments as "locker room" banter, while maintaining that he never actually did any of the things he talked about, which would seem to describe sexual assault.
That explanation did not last 24 hours before women started coming forward to say they experienced first-hand - if you will - precisely the kind of treatment Trump detailed in their encounters with the real estate mogul and Republican presidential nominee.
On today's editorial page, we reach for some kind of positive to take out of all this. If nothing else, Trump's comments - universally panned as lewd, vulgar and repulsive - have sparked a national conversation on the way we treat women.
It is astounding how many women are now talking about being treated in ways that mirror the things Trump was boasting about. We're talking about being harassed, groped, pressured for sex.
It's time for us - all of us - to take a look in the mirror and ponder how we treat women.
You can read our editorial here.
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