Dylan Farrow Responds to Woody Allen: 'Distortions and Outright Lies'

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9. It allows an exploration of rape culture

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An effort to expose the knee-jerk reaction to disbelieve rape victims and assume perpetrators are innocent. It is precisely that sort of reaction that leads to a mere 3 percent of rapes resulting in jail time while 25 percent of children and adults (mostly women) are subject to sexual assault.

People are now presented with evidence from a court ruling that the vast majority of what Woody Allen's publicity machine has pumped out is entirely without foundation or evidence. Yet despite that, too many remain intent to vilify the women in the story to protect the man, an accused pedophile. This exact thing plays out everyday in this country, and has taken place in the lives of a sizable number of women on this site. For some, our personal safety and equal rights are just as important as pointing out the fallacies of Republicans. Besides, most of the threads in GD that are political in nature focus on attacking Democrats.

Woody Allen's statement is in a very active thread in this forum. Why is it that you choose to condemn the statement of the victim herself? Many of us have been told to stay silent for far too long. I am glad that Dylan found the courage to speak out despite messages that she should stay silent. Women have the right to speak in public about issues that concern us, and the issue of rape and child abuse have been central to far too many of our lives.

If you want to look at exclusively political content, there is a politics forum.