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(1,185 posts)And I say that as a survivor of multiple sexual assaults and one rape. The people I've known who did that kind of thing were habitual violators over many years. They got away with it their entire lives because other men protected them, and most women were too afraid to speak up. But the stories were everywhere. Just about every woman who came in contact with them for any length of time had horror stories, not about an unwelcome hug or inappropriate comment (which, yes, aren't great), but stuff ranging from flagrantly skeezy behavior up to and including rape.
I don't buy him as a serial sexual harasser and hallway finger banger for one second, and my radar for that shit has been fine-tuned for about 5 decades.
It smells like Russian and Trumpian ratfuckery, and I'm disappointed that any fellow liberal or progressive would fall for it.