There are millions of men in this country having sleepless
nights now. They are living in fear the
woman or child they fondled or forced themselves on, will come forward and
expose their dirty secret life. I used
the number “millions” based on the fact there are 120 million men in this
country, and nearly every woman has been a victim of a sexual predator, or a
victim has confided in her the details of their assault.
THE PRACTICE of
sexual assault and harassment of women has been pervasive in our culture
forever. It is unspeakable, and a secret
that a woman must deal with and carry with her throughout her lifetime. On the rare occasion when a female speaks
out, she is humiliated and berated.
After all, it is a “he said, she said,” occurrence and the sad truth is,
a man’s word carries more weight than a woman’s. How many times have you heard, “She’s lying,”
“She brought it on herself,” “He’s a Christian and wouldn’t do that.” And, “Why did she wait so many years to come
forward?” As if that is proof the woman
is lying. Now we have the latest term,
“If it is true.”
I AM IN no way
suggesting that every woman should be believed every time she makes an
allegation of this nature against a man.
No hard evidence will be presented (pardon the pun). Since it is his word against hers, we need to
listen to her story, judge her sincerity, and question her motive. No woman in her right mind would subject
herself to a public stoning, like most do in our society when they expose a
respected man to such allegations. You,
my fellow Americans, are the judge and jury in this type of situation and in
far too many cases, the Defendant prevails and the Plaintiff faces a life of
shame and disgrace.
IT HAS BEEN
proven that one woman alone will not be believed, or if they are, the man comes
out unscathed. In October, 2004, a
lawsuit was filed by Bill O’Reilly’s Associate Producer of Fox News. She had recorded phone calls as
evidence—remember the Loofah incident?
O’Reilly gave her a 9 million- dollar settlement and it was forgotten. He lost no viewers. Thirteen years later,
multiple women came out with their story about Bill O’Reilly. We don’t know exactly how many, but we know
that Fox News and O’Reilly had paid out at least $50 million dollars to make
these allegations go away. We all know
that if that amount of money was paid, there was evidence. It wasn’t until the network was feeling
pressure from advertisers that they fired him.
Recently, O’Reilly appeared on Fox News’ Hannity Show. He’s worming his way back in.
WE ARE making
slow progress. We gasped as Bill Cosby’s ugly deeds were exposed by 60
accusers. Too many women to sweep under
the rug. We now have Harvey Weinstein, a
big -time Hollywood producer exposed after forty years. He was a career maker, or a career
breaker. We found out his proclivities were an open
secret in Hollywood. Eighty (80)
accusers came forward. Kevin Spacey’s
activities were exposed by 15 accusers. Mark Halperin former political director
at ABC, 12 accusers. There’s more, and they are dropping like flies as women
are empowered to speak out.
IT WOULD appear
that I have built a case that only those men with multiple accusers will be
ousted from their position of power, but I have not. What is the magic number of women you must
have to believe the charges? How many
years is it too late to expose someone? The
answer is--It depends on who you are. Ex-Judge
Roy Moore, kicked off the State Supreme Court twice in Alabama, has been
accused of sexual contact with a 14 year-old girl when he was a grown man—age 32. As an Assistant DA, he told the young girl’s
mother that he would watch her while she testified in a custody trial. He took her to his home in the woods. Two other underaged girls have come forward. There are 30 other witnesses. An Assistant District Attorney that worked
with Moore at that time said “everyone knew he went to malls and places like
that to find young girls.” Nobody
witnessed anything but everyone knew. He
was allowed to move up the political chain. Now he wants to be a Senator, one of the most
powerful people in our country. One
small problem, he’s accused of being a pedophile. It is only a small problem because legislators
and residents of Alabama are ignoring their morals and principles and are willing
to give him a pass. They had rather elect a pedophile than vote
for a Democrat. Why? What has happened to our country?
THIS ISN’T the
first time the people have seen the true colors of a person and elected him to the
high office —President Trump. Eleven
(11) women came forward and all had compelling stories of sexual assault over
the past 30 years. Then there was the
Access Hollywood tape where Trump said in his own words what he does to women. So many things are being normalized since
Trump came on the scene. Sexual assault,
sexual harassment, and pedophilia must not be condoned or normalized, no matter
what the political ramifications are. Think
about this: If your beautiful 14
year-old daughter had the opportunity to spend an hour alone with Roy Moore or
Donald Trump, would you let them?
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