The Response To Trump’s Alleged Victims Is Why Women Don’t Come Forward
Survivors of sexual violence are first and foremost assumed to be liars.
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An entire nation hears a man brag about sexually assaulting women. That man says on national television, while millions watch, that they were “just words.” Women come forward to say that that man assaulted them. The women are immediately called liars by a presidential campaign, its high-profile surrogates, and a chunk of the American public.
Welcome to 2016.
In the hours after four women ― Jessica Leeds, Rachel Crooks, Mindy McGillivray and Natasha Stoynoff ― publicly (and separately) accused Donald Trump of groping or kissing them without consent, the backlash was swift. As is often the case when women come forward with accusations of sexual assault, these four women were branded liars motivated by a desire for attention and political gain. If they waited to tell their stories publicly, goes this narrative, they must be making them up.
“We live in a world where female victims of sexual violence are first and foremost assumed to be liars, out to get the men they say abused them.
More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-sexual-assault-why-women-dont-come-forward_us_57fee6a1e4b0e8c198a60664
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I personally know people who have asked why women don't come forward, and/or why THESE women didn't report the abuse immediately ("Why now?"
I let them have it with both (verbal) barrels. At least I refrained from violence, although it was tempting, and I'm NOT a violent person.
