I don't believe anyone automatically, whether the accuser or the accused.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Exactly. In the past, women's complaints of sexual harassment

were too often dismissed or not taken very seriously. We know now that false complaints are actually quite rare because women would get so much shit for even real complaints that there was seldom an up-side for making a false one. Nevertheless, there's a big difference between taking a complaint seriously, which should always happen, and believing without question every single word and every single detail. I am afraid that we are reaching a point where we are so invested in believing and supporting women (which is a good thing) that no complaint will ever be questioned for fear of being accused of sexism and/or not supporting women.

Just today a fake twitter account accused Sen. Blumenthal of rape, and of course the Trumpites picked it up and ran with it. https://www.thedailybeast.com/a-twitter-account-with-two-fake-ids-accused-a-democrat-of-assault-then-pro-trump-sites-ran-with-it Men are being justifiably outed now for past bad behavior, but will we see more of this that doesn't pass the smell test? Will the Trumpites take advantage of the new ethos of believing women to plant false stories of assaults by prominent Democrats, and if they do, will we be obligated by the new ethos to assume without question that the complaints are true? Shouldn't we treat them like any other evidence - don't dismiss it out of hand, but before piling on somebody, try to get some verification?