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[loyalsister]

34. I'm saying this is not about politics

It's about a culture that has so normalized sexual abuse that it has been viewed as a fact of life, regardless of politics. Turning it into a political team sport about what kind of predation is worse (thereby saying some is okay), and whose stories matter based on politics, looks straight through the person who has been negatively affected.

Why worry that they are calling for resignation? I don't think he should because he is challenging the patriarchal arrangement that has never held sexual predators accountable. He is not trying shut accusors up. He is challenging the normalization of sexual predation while some supporters are defending it.

I think he knows we really need to address the fact that these stories were buried. AND, that it has persisted because loyal friends help turn the story around so that the man is the victim. I think I read recently that more women are sexual predators than men.