Al Frankens Resignation and the Selective Force of #MeToo

[MrsCoffee]

44. The desire for due process is usually there.

For many women coming forward now, there may be a statute of limitations that prevents due process. Many women, like me, were very young when they were abused and they were simply too terrified to say anything. And some were not so young and simply terrified to say anything. The victim can have feelings of shame and guilt that prevent them from coming forward. So many reasons that little girls and women don't tell authorities. Sometimes they do and a parent or relative or family friend will be protected instead of the victim being believed.

But there is no due process for the victims either in those cases. It's time to break this cycle. You don't break the cycle by trying to discredit the movement and women's voices. You encourage them to come forward and guarantee that their claims will be investigated. And I expect my party to stick up for those women.

I am appalled that Franken was asked to resign before an investigation. But I am not appalled that action is being taken around the country and women's voices are being heard.