Hey, Grumpy Old Men! Cut Kavanaugh Loose

Every woman everywhere, living or dead, has had to deal with unwanted sexual advances/experiences at one time or another.  Women know this.

Traumatic experiences take a physical, emotional and psychological toll on people.  Sexual assault is a trauma.  Its effects can be similar to other traumatic stresses such as being a soldier in combat, being a victim of a crime or an accident, or facing the unexpected death of a loved one.

The stress causes many to respond with anxiety, denial, depression, withdrawal or refusal to speak of the incident.  These understandable responses can last years, decades or even a lifetime.

Sexual assault/rape victims often don't file charges or go public because of the automatic "blame the victim" backlash -- "What were you wearing?  Why didn't you leave?  Why didn't you fight?"

Statistically, almost all allegations of rape/sexual assault are true.  The percentage of false allegations is very low, somewhere between 2% to 6%.*  Think of all the recent cases -- Bill Cosby, Bill O'Reilly, Harvey Weinstein, Roy Moore, Roger Ailes -- where the original "She's lying, I never did any such thing" turned out to be total bullshit.

Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's allegation against Brett Kavanaugh is entirely plausible and she herself seems credible.  Do you really think she suddenly decided to just invent the whole story?  If you ever went to typical high school or college party, you know it's believable.

The fact that she waited 30-plus years to go public is consistent with so many others who have suffered a traumatic incident.  The time lag is also immaterial, beside the point.  She came out now because her news is critically important -- the GOP is in a headlong rush to give her attacker a lifetime appointment!

She has no reason to lie.  Kavanaugh has many reasons to lie.

Dr. Ford's appearance at a Senate committee public hearing may have some value, but the optics of her being interrogated by a bunch of grumpy conservative old white men would be just horrible!  Doesn't the GOP realize that women make up half the country?  Do they really want the perception of trying to jam another sexual abuser onto the Supreme Court?  Jesus!

The absolute last person in the world anyone should be listening to about this is Donald Fucking Trump!

Not that I care about helping them look better, but the GOP would do itself a huge favor by immediately cancelling this bad reality show.  Kavanaugh has a host of character flaws, alleged sexual molestation among them.  He's a poor choice.  McConnell and Grassley ought to save themselves further embarrassment -- cut Kavanaugh loose and pick another asshole who promises to overturn Roe v. Wade.

*  http://theconversation.com/heres-the-truth-about-false-accusations-of-sexual-violence-88049