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sort of the same argument as ALL Lives Matter - disappearing the victim > But now, with only a small handful of high-profile men finally facing some > repercussions after years of abuse, there is already an effort to slow > down. Is this becoming a witch hunt? Is this becoming a sex panic? Are > innocent men at risk of being wrongly accused? Today’s headlines seem to be > either dominated by the men who’ve been flaunting their abuse of women for > years, even decades, with explicit details of all of the horrors they were > allowed to inflict upon women — or about the men who might be at risk for > being “unfairly” accused. The men who are now “scared to even talk to > women” lest they be accused of sexual harassment. And the women…the women > are forgotten completely. > > But yesterday, I was asked to write that I do not believe in due process. > I was asked to write that I believe we should just immediately fire all men > accused of sexual harassment. I was asked to write that if a few men are > harmed to protect women, it’s worth it. As if that’s a real threat. As if > that’s a valid fear. As if, in this world, a power shift of that magnitude > is even within the realm of possibility. As if a lack of due process > wouldn’t first come for women, trans people, and people of color. As if due > process isn’t the one thing so many men and their enablers in this society > are working so hard to avoid. > > https://theestablishment.co/due-process-is-needed-for- > sexual-harassment-accusations-but-for-whom-968e7c81e6d6 > > > _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
