[Jamie89]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

I feel sorry for the real victims of sexual assault as cheap stuff like this makes it harder for them to come forward and be taken seriously

Women coming forward saying they've been sexually assaulted makes it harder for other women to come forward about sexual assault?? I think it's more the fact that people are so immediately suspicious of accusers (as your post demonstrates) that makes it difficult.

Many victims don't come forward when they're sexually assaulted and as has been said in the thread already, I find it realistic to assume that his comments during the debate would drive any possible victims to come forward.

Obviously they could all be lying too we don't know, but I don't think they should be dismissed just because it's politically convenient to do so. Like you say, it's hard enough for women to come forward as it is.

Originally Posted by jaxie

What makes me wary of these accusations is that they seem to come from quite professional women. Why weren't they reporting those incidents immediately? Why wait until now? They are not exactly heroine addicts who might not have been believed. It doesn't really ring true for them to suddenly surface now. Then again I always wondered how Jimmy Saville got away with so much.

Being professional women could mean that they feared for their careers (I think some of them worked for Trump?) or being disbelieved and losing the credibility they had as professional/respected women. A professional women is also probably going to be more aware of what they'd face in taking him on in court. A heroin addict with nothing to lose on the other hand would probably be much more likely to come forward and try and make money out of the situation imo.


If he did abuse these women, then right now is the first time since their abuse that it's been publicly demonstrated that he considers abuse against women to be acceptable, so I think it's completely understandable that if they were to come forward at all, it would be now.