She will find far more who will support her than who will attack and attempt to smear her reputation.

Some things have changed.

With the Republican misfits in Congress I would not bet the farm.

of shit for having come forward. My guess is her life is pretty much ruined for the next few years at least.

Revnge "reveal" should be too.

but if you're trying to convince me that it wasn't a good idea to come forward, I doubt I could agree.....Female Gamers get death threats, for fuck's sake -- It's a mess, but she did a brave thing and came forward

But everyone in this thread is saying she was obliged to, and saying men won't stop assaulting women unless women out themselves through this gauntlet. That puts the onus on the victims and not the perpetrators.

I doubt I could go through what she is about to go through. I doubt I could possibly be strong enough.

but maybe they were just trying to make the point that an accusation made anonymously has no teeth, especially in this sort of high stakes political arena.

Caller I.D.!!

Morans!!

when white men ruled the roost and held all the jobs, including those even hillbillies today wouldn't stoop to do (but blame Mexicans for taking away from them). The little women mostly took their places at the side of their husbands, kept their pie holes shut and shot out one baby after another. Ahhh. The good old days! Women are for using and discarding in their minds. Any woman who voices an opposite opinion or dares to challenge their edicts is rotten goods. And, they want to send minorities back into subservient obeisance if not drive them out completely of the country. Kavanaugh and his brother-in-arms, Gorsuch, are just the rethugs' rubber stamp to all the legislation they plan to cram down the craws of every single American except their .01%-er friends.

It's our obligation as women to come forward.

I was harassed in a job years ago. I didn't make a very good complaint (I did complain, just not through the 'right' channels).

If I had to do it over again, I'd do it the 'right' way. There's a great deal more support than there was back then.

And even if there isn't enough - it's my obligation as a woman to come forward to protect other women.

It's a choice.

Facile excuses for gutless irresponsibility are overly plentiful.

I know the choice I'd make. I just don't know what steps to protect our privacy, home, etc., should be taken first. Hopefully, the WaPo would have some suggestions.

for things to change there really is no other means.

when women come forward...

expect them to suddenly find decency and respect and stop all on their own

of women, especially when changing men's behavior requires women to be pilloried all over the news, have their lives ripped open, just because they had the bad fortune of being in a room with an assaulter when they were 15.

Lets figure out a way to put the onus on the perpetrators, not the victims.

Many people are emphatically stating what they believe her obligations are.

Her only obligation is to get through her life on her terms.

Everything else is chickenshit wrapped up to make a few good political points.

I have nothing but praise and respect for those that do (real victims, not fakes like Leeann Tweeden).

Many girls, and boys, are confused and ignorant about their own bodies. I wonder if starting sex ed earlier would help women to say no? Might help boys to be more responsible too. Hence GOP, and Christian, opposition.

And get away with it. TRUMP AND Kavanaugh - two peas in a pod. And this woman drives that point home forcefully

a character reference for another sexual assaulter.

I guess that should settle the matter.

... when the momentum is behind uncovering the sense of entitlement men have felt at all walks of life, "Just grab her pussy." Finally speaking out is not necessarily going to result in being ignored. I hope the woman who spoke to NY Magazine will realize that and add her voice.