Reply #20: Since you're quoting me, though responding to a different post [View All]

[Solly Mack]

It's safe to assume you're addressing my statement.

Whether she is a victim or not in no way means using misogyny and sexism to discredit a woman is acceptable.

People who fall back on such tactics are doing nothing more than perpetuating the attitudes that such thinking is acceptable.

It's despicable and it only serves to make matters worse for women. The accuser's case can be rebutted without resorting to misogynistic stereotypes that have done nothing but harm women throughout the ages. Resorting to sexism and and misogyny makes the defense lawyers part of the problem of sexual assault against women. Instead of actually attacking the evidence of the case, they are relying on sexist (harmful) attitudes against women...

no different than a white jury convicting a black man based not on evidence but on racism..

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Why, yes, I'm well aware of the reasoning behind due process and I am a big fan of it...when applied equally and fairly, as I believe it should be. America's brand of due process can't make the claim of being fair and equal though.

And golly gee, yes, I know the assertion behind America's due process is that the guilty will sometimes walk to protect the innocent...

And yes, I think the accused is entitled to a good defense...

However, none of that changes my point...

You're not going to convince women that misogyny - you know, the hate of women - serves the purpose of due process.