As we saw with the Kavanaugh hearings, a mere accusation is enough to unleash hell-fires. There is a large part of society that follows the “believe” culture wh

As we saw with the Kavanaugh hearings, a mere accusation is enough to unleash hell-fires. There is a large part of society that follows the “believe” culture which is what I suspect causes the fear. Nobody should be “belived” — evidence, corroboration and due process should be required. These days, a woman can literally accuse any man of anything and the man’s reputation can be destroyed. With Kavanaugh, some of the allegations brought by Avenatti were being treated as credible and having actually happened until they were proven to have been ridiculous. However, I think public figure/political circumstances are the outlier and don’t agree with the concept of avoiding women. That’s just dumb on a number of levels. But I can understand the risk-adverse thinking. Ironically, the crowd screaming to “believe her” despite a lack of evidence actually caused more harm to women in the long run since the implication is that a women accusing anyone of anything is going to be “believed” regardless of evidence and without a consideration of due process. That’s a scary place to be as a man, knowing that a mere accusation and public flogging awaits even if there is no evidence of any wrongdoing having occurred.