Olde Europe
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I do agree on one thing, the pendulum has swung too far in the other direction and we are losing sight of due process and the rights of the accused in the process.
No, it hasn't, and, no, we don't, particularly not when the accused are rich, powerful, white males or their affluenza-afflicted offspring. That's why the overwhelming majority of sexual assaults go unreported. And that's why even a woman with a story to tell, and the means to hire a high-profile lawyer, is enormously reluctant publicly to "expose herself" - to the certain assault she's facing, and that's why it isn't clear as of yet whether Kavanaugh will ruin her with a multi-million dollar libel suit. How about a minority / immigrant / minimum wage worker facing assault by a high-profile figure? That "pendulum" hasn't budged much, if at all.
How many women do you know who were abused, assaulted, raped? How many men do you know who were harmed by false accusations?
Oh, BTW, which of the above-mentioned harms are our righty friends whining about? Whose statements do they unconditionally trust, and whose reputation are they willing, eager even, to trash? That "pendulum" hasn't budged much, if at all.
There isn't even a word equivalent to "slut shaming" denoting the treatment of males who think female self-determination in general, and control over her reproductive organs in particular, are unfortunate, malign outgrowths of the much-dreaded "feminism", and whose venality becomes particularly viral in case of inebriation. That "pendulum" hasn't budged much, if at all.