In Trump’s mind, women derive their primary value from how they look, which is probably why he owned a major beauty pageant for so many years. Carly Fiorina’s face, which Trump found unappealing, disqualified her as president. Recordings with Howard Stern include Trump ranking women on a scale of 1-10, with Trump noting that, “A person who is very flat-chested is very hard to be a 10.”

He has even dissed Hillary Clinton’s appearance, telling a crowd that when she walked in front of him at the last debate, “I wasn’t impressed.” (One suspects the feeling is mutual.)

Trump also rejects the common understanding in our society that men who touch women sexually without consent have committed a crime. When asked at the second presidential debate by CNN’s Anderson Cooper whether he knew that his predatory musings on a 2005 tape described sexual assault, Trump claimed that’s not what he said.

But it is, no matter how many times he and his surrogates say he was just engaging in so-called locker room talk. Donald Trump Jr. dismissed the tape, saying it made his father seem “human” and noted, “I’ve had conversations like that with plenty of people.” No doubt.