# Misogyny, victim-blaming, and the board culture (yet again)

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**Created:** [November 15, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogyny-victim-blaming-and-the-board-culture-yet-again/843504 "2019-11-15T19:37:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 17, 2019, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogyny-victim-blaming-and-the-board-culture-yet-again/843504/71 "2019-11-17T04:49:32Z")

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> [@Babale](#):
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> _By pointing out he was a rapist._ Saying that ANYTHING – political factors, “death threats”, whatever – is so important that it should overwrite a woman’s right to accuse her rapist is absolutely misogynistic, and exactly what is objectionable with HD’s initial post.

Kavanagh was not accused of rape by Blasey Ford, and the accusations she did make were probably false, based on the evidence presented to the public.

She is, based on the evidence, not a victim of Kavanagh, and so any criticism of her is not victim blaming. Observing that women can, and do, falsely accuse men of sexual abuse is not misogyny. And a culture, on this board or otherwise, that doesn’t demand strong evidence for such serious claims is a flawed culture.

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