Sordel on 30 September 2018
| o_O.Q said: "and they will severely shake the premise that women don't lie about rape. " hang on... people actually believe this?
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It's a position that is taken. Lena Dunham was pushing this idea in a tweet, then she defended a colleague who was accused of something and had to backtrack to her original position. The entire #believeher movement is about the idea that coming forward with an allegation of abuse is so traumatic and socially disadvantageous that the burden of proof should fall on the defendant. The idea is to shift the debate from a situation (as in this case) where absent supporting evidence the alleged abuser is always given the benefit of the doubt.
