DonnaRotunno says she herself, hasn’t experienced sexual assault, because she hasn’t put herself in ‘that situation'.
Given that Weinstein was acquitted of three further charges at his trial, that blanket acceptance of every accusation clearly isn’t the case, In fact, we live in a world where exactly the opposite is true: where women fight tooth and nail to have their voices heard and their stories told, only to be shamed, dismissed and disbelieved.
Except that perhaps the most powerful man in the world trails a string of dozens of sexual misconduct allegations in his wake. Except that you can openly boast about grabbing women “by the pussy” and go on to become the President of the United States. Except that, like Roman Polanski, you can plead guilty to statutory rape and go on to be regaled with international awards and accolades. Except for all that.
Every shred of available evidence refutes this claim. And decades of telling women to wear longer skirts, to stay out of the shadows, not to go out at night alone, have done nothing to curb rates of sexual violence. Because a rapist is not a stranger in a dark alleyway who can be conveniently ‘avoided’. Over 80% of rapists are already known to their victims, meaning that they are not monsters hiding in the dark, but husbands, colleagues, acquaintances and friends.
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