Monday, November 7, 2011

Open Thread: New Cain Allegations

[Trigger warning for sexual violence.]

Sharon Bialek, the fourth woman to make allegations of sexual harassment against Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain just gave a press conference detailing the alleged event, and what she described is more accurately called sexual assault:
Bialek says Cain took her to the NRA offices — she thought they were going inside, but Cain reached under her skirt to grab her genitals and tried to force her head down to his crotch. She says she said: "What are you doing? That's not what I came here for." To which she alleges Cain responded "You want a job don't you?"

Bialek says she didn't file a complaint because she didn't work for the NRA.

"I am coming forward to give a face and a voice to those women who, for whatever reason, cannot come forward."
There's going to be a lot of victim-blaming and a lot of rape apologia in the media. That will not be allowed in this thread.

I've got no more commentary than I had previously: I believe these women, and I have no reason not to believe them. Neither does anyone else.

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