White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said conservative women are held to an even higher standard when it comes to what they wear and do.
“People talk about the double-standard of what a woman wears, not what she said or what she was doing X, Y and Z,” Conway said. But conservative women are held to a “triple standard” by “traditional feminist outlets and individuals who control a great deal of the media.”
Conway, in an appearance on CBS’ “This Morning” broadcast Sunday, said that the triple standard applied to the photo of her kneeling on the couch in the Oval Office trying to get a picture of President Trump and leaders of historically black universities and colleges.
“We’re constantly going back to where I sat, the presumptive negativity of what I wore or what I said, and I do think it’s a triple-standard,” she added.
Conway lamented that she gets 24/7 Secret Service protection, unusual for a White House staffer.
“I find that to be very unfortunate, and obviously if they didn’t need to be there, they wouldn’t be,” she said.
She said there have been threats against her and added that most White House staffers don’t get protection.
