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Originally Posted by Ohio
We need a way to resolve these "he said, she said, MeToo" accusations. Few of these can be prosecuted, and trials take way too long. What if Fairfax is totally innocent? There has to be standards of evidence to address these issues for elected officials.
Northam's case is much simpler. We have pictures and videos.
I read an article about how these MeToo accusations are hurting women's opportunities in management. How can senior male staff work with women? How can they even have daily interactions with women, when the potential always exists for women to "go nuclear" whenever they feel slighted, whether or not sexual harassment actually occurred?
I have also read about innocent men who have had their lives destroyed by false accusations on campuses. Many universities now have a "believe all women" policy which allows no due process. They destroyed the entire Duke Lacrosse team this way. This is now the fallout from the sexual revolution of the 60's, wth a half-life of 50 years.
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There are excellent tools for proving a woman has been raped. Going forward there is little or no excuse for a woman not to go to the authorities. 40 years ago it might have made sense for a woman to think no one would believe her, but that is no longer true. Everyone needs to be educated as to what the police can do and the proper procedure, just as they have to learn what to do in a traffic accident.
Second, there are a number of aspects of these stories that can be verified. Apparently these women did tell people. But I agree, it is unfair and abusive for a man's career to be destroyed on a "he said, she said" case without any evidence.