Tara Reade's Dubious Claims and Shifting Stories Show the Limits of #BelieveWomen
If Reade’s claims really do sink Biden in November, the Democrats will merely be reaping what their moral panic has sowed.
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If Reade’s claims really do sink Biden in November, the Democrats will merely be reaping what their moral panic has sowed.
Much of the criticism of the regulations centers around the requirement for cross-examination, which the critics believe will deter victims from coming forward.
Nadia Guo, a sex worker and lawyer, talks to Jonathan Kay about the devastating impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the sex trade—although it’s been great for the webcam business.
It’s all rather ironic, since sex workers, of all people, should understand the need to protect contentious opinions. From time immemorial, we are the ones who often bore the brunt of attempts to censor sexual expression.
In my pre-feminist days, sexual harassment and rape were so common, so pervasive, so accepted, that they were virtually invisible.
This increases the likelihood that individuals who cross the line by discussing sex differences will be warned not to repeat the behavior and will probably be okay as long as they comply.
Sexist comments and “ambient harassment” are, by their very nature, more ambiguous than a boss’s groping or demands for sexual favours.
My experience shows that sometimes gender discrepancies develop within a professional field for reasons that have little to do with discrimination, and everything to do with personal choice.
It wasn’t that these women cross-dressed to be men. It’s that they cross-dressed not to be women.