Don’t get me wrong, there are huge problems both with (parts of) male culture normalizing sexual harrassment and barriers to reporting of sexual assault, but none of that means that it isn’t expected that some amount of it goes unpunished so we don’t punish anyone innocent. Believe the victim doesn’t mean you instantly condemn the accused, it means you support the victim with their problems and don’t start questioning everything outside of court. (Money/power also probably plays a big role in how many high profile cases that seem pretty clear go unpunished, but I don’t need to explain that to lemmy of all places).
So anything suggesting that less than 100% of accusations leading to convictions leaves a horrible taste.
Because guilty until proven innocent.
Don’t get me wrong, there are huge problems both with (parts of) male culture normalizing sexual harrassment and barriers to reporting of sexual assault, but none of that means that it isn’t expected that some amount of it goes unpunished so we don’t punish anyone innocent. Believe the victim doesn’t mean you instantly condemn the accused, it means you support the victim with their problems and don’t start questioning everything outside of court. (Money/power also probably plays a big role in how many high profile cases that seem pretty clear go unpunished, but I don’t need to explain that to lemmy of all places).
So anything suggesting that less than 100% of accusations leading to convictions leaves a horrible taste.