All of which is to say that while there are other reasons to believe Dr. Acton and despise her attackers, to get the legal system to go after a child rapist took a lot. In this case, the law made it easy for him to flee to another state and he was never convicted.

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system was brutal and inclined to protect and believe rapists and put victims on trial. A whole system was premised on the idea that adult men were more reliable, trustworthy, etc. The idea that children were lying fantasists was widespread.

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feminism had not yet succeeded in making the prevalence of this kind of sexual violence recognized, the dregs of the sexual revolution tended to wink at this stuff (maybe less in Ohio), and the legal system didn't know how to evaluate testimony from kids. Even for adult rape victims, the legal....

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But attacking victims and survivors is what the Epstein Family Values Party does. Because its agenda is to restore the unlimited rights of the patriarchs over the rest of us, which requires the rest of us losing our rights and having our truths dismissed.

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Not surprising. Pregnancy makes it harder to escape an abusive relationship. But let's be clear: this is by design. Republicans have no hidden that trapping women with men who beat or even kill them is the point. jessica.substack.com/p/abortion-b...

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