I was a young woman in the 80’s and I dealt with MUCH WORSE than she is ALLEGING, as with most other women and did not consider myself a “victim”. What she describes does not even constitute real sexual assault and would not have left most women with PTSD.
But it didn’t happen, and nobody really thinks it happened. Just like nobody really believed that Al Gore’s presidency was “stolen” because the people of Florida were too stupid to vote correctly. It was a convenient thing to “believe” - so they claimed to believe it to advance their agenda. Nothing more
But we should be free to speak sensibly about it and we are not. The media cannot say the obvious for fear of losing their jobs or viewers, etc. unless they grant her legitimacy that she does not deserve. It is a TRAVESTY
I hear what your saying, and really...agree with your assertion that what happened to her, to many people, did not rise to the level of abuse she portends. However, different people feel differently about different things...My sphere of people, like you, have experienced far worse, personally, I have (from a male perspective) experienced far worse, and were silent, because or work, security clearances, so many unspoken, but very real dangers that occur in daily life and work experience, which relate to earning a living wage, and trust issues with other people. Its not PC, but its real.
In the end, I want timely, credible, and dangerous people to be called out and accountable. Again, this is life changing stuff to all people concerned. The old days of the male, husband, wage earners being forever (this is not an exaggeration) affected by untrue accusations that affect careers, family, friends, is now only exacerbate by the fact that it also includes women in the workplace today, as well as relations with family, friends, and workplace relationships too...I continue to search for fair common ground, and women become more angry by the people (men and women) that cloud the issue and make relationships with men harder and harder, as the fear factor for men/women becomes fractured because of this issue.