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In reply to the discussion: For Those of You Freaking Out About Woody Allen [View all]BainsBane
(53,141 posts)Whatever you think of Mia Farrow is irrelevant to whether Dylan is telling the truth. The sins of the mother to not transfer to the daughter.
Disbelieving rape victims is a default position for many, something that occurs to no other victim. If someone reports their property being stolen, people don't then start talking about what a horrible person the victim's mother was. Why should they do so in the case of child rape? Disbelieving victims is why the crimes of rape and child sexual abuse are so difficult to prosecute. We can't know with absolute certainty what the facts of this situation are, but we can choose how we respond to this and other victims of rape and child sexual assault. We can think about what we want our role to be vis a vis rape culture.
I fail to see how this differs from any of the cases where priests have been accused. The only difference I can see is that the victim is female and the accused molester her father. Surely that doesn't make it less serious or the victim any less believable?