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My wife and I have different views of the discourse around the Cornell 7. I'm seeing people sympathizing with Jane Doe and declaring the "obvious" guilt of the men. I have major problems with this, because there's not nearly enough evidence that actually indicates the men are guilty.
My wife told me that she isn't seeing so much of randos casting their judgement on the case, but rather women sharing their own stories of times they felt taken advantage of or were sexually assaulted, etc. And she thinks that's important and valuable in it's own right. Essentially, whether or not the allegations are true, this has had an brought women together to share their stories in a moment of cultural solidarity.
Even if my wife is correct, and the women reacting to the news coverage weren't just declaring these men guilty based on their own feelings, I still have some issues with the notion that this discourse is positive in its own right, and I'm trying to put it in a lens my wife would understand. I don't really think that she and progressives would agree that discourse and people sharing their victimization stories is always a good thing. As one example, there are many stories in the UK and Europe about people being victimized by new waves of immigrants. But for alleged victims to share those stories in solidarity would (in most progressive minds) create hatred and bias people against immigrants as a whole.
I can see the value of having a conversation about Cornell 7+1 in that we as a society are forced to critically reexamine our priors: one woman had drug-fueled sex with seven men, was seemingly fine with the outcome, but after experiencing negative feedback from people not directly involved in the intercourse decided that it was sexual assault. Everyone involved acted how their morals let them, and yet the final outcome was unsatisfactory to practically everyone. Something has to change, but what? No drugs at frat parties? No slut shaming? No unchaperoned co-ed events? No civil lawsuits after a criminal lawsuit is dismissed?
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