
I have no idea why any of those things would lead one to "suspect the woman." She used her professional name on the letter. Really?? |
Do you think she might press charges tomorrow? |
You mean he didn't rape her. |
Because the Statute of Limitations has run? Because proof beyond a reasonable doubt is a high standard and a poly is inadmissible in Court? Because women have known for decades they will lose rape cases in Court? Because women don’t want to drag their families, and especially their kids, into their pain? Because most people want to forget traumatizing circumstances and move on? It sounds like she tried very hard to remain anonymous until today, when reporters tracked her down. And oh yeah. I was sexually assaulted too. I’m 43. My husband knows that it happened and by whom, but I have never told him the details. My therapist knows the details. I told my best friends last year that it happened, but not the details. She was an attorney who was representing my assailant (not the DMV, but another close knit community). She dropped him as a client. I would never press charges. 25 years had passed before I dealt with it. So why? I would likely lose after so much time. It wouldn’t take away the pain of what happened. And I would drag my kids— two teens— along for the ride. But you better believe that if he were up for a powerful position I would be tempted to say something. Although I would not want to put myself, and my family and my painful experience out there for the harpies of DCUM to claw to bits. So, I probably wouldn’t be as brave. Yeah. #MeToo. Also— I’m tired of men telling women how to process sexual trauma from the 80s and 90s. When you get raped, you get an opinion. Until then, STFU and stop telling victims how they should have behaved as teens, or how they should feel, or what they should say, or what they should have done. You have no idea what that type of shame does to a teenage girl. |
Jeff Flake wants to hold off vote until she has opportunity to tell her story. This means 10 Dems and one GOP and no vote on Thursday. YEAH!
http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/kavanaugh-flake-accuser |
Republicans don't care at all when women are assaulted. They always blame the women. |
20:34, Surely you understand there's no "time limit" in Maryland to press charges. Don't be so silly, my friend.
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This is such a ridiculous argument. if they were going to hope for the biggest impact with such a letter, they would have released it right away to derail the hearings, not right before the vote. But they didn't and you know why? The victim herself didn't want it released. They were following her wishes. Duh. |
Nope, no sex at all. The entire accusation is he tried to remove her bathing suit. Please try to stick to the facts. |
I'm so sorry you have experienced this hell. |
Why doesn't the victim press charges? Because she'd have to testify under oath? Oops. |
still assault. still terrifying. |
wow, that's all you got? |
Oh, yes, the well-known “Senator Ryan,” a member of the Senate Judicary Committee. ![]() You are too stupid to have any credibility on this thread. |
If I were her, I'd DEFINITELY press charges. It's not too late in Maryland, you know. |