BETWEEN THE LINES
IS SEX ABUSE TIED TO POWER?
Exclusive: Joseph Farah identifies most important place in which to expose predators
In 1975, feminist Susan Brownmiller’s “Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape” was published.
The main thesis, if I recall correctly, was that rape and sexual abuse were mainly motivated by perpetrators exerting power over their victims rather than having sex with them.
With the seeming epidemic of new allegations of sexual harassment, sexual abuse and rape allegations against powerful people, it’s a thesis worth rethinking.
What makes powerful men risk everything – families, careers, money and even their power – for this kind of activity?
Was Brownmiller right?
What we have seen in recent weeks is that powerful men have gotten away with this kind of abuse for a long time. But judgment day has come early for some of them. The day of reckoning is upon us.
That’s altogether a good thing, I would say.
But notice who is catching the flak for their misbehavior.
What do Harvey Weinstein, Al Franken, Matt Lauer, John Conyers, Bill Clinton and others have in common?
They are liberals who, in their public life, at least in many cases, it seems, were indeed afforded protection by their power for a very long time. They even said the right things about women, paying verbal tribute to feminism and women’s rights.
Now who is it that wants to see power consolidated, especially in government? Liberals.
So, here’s a chicken-and-egg question for you to consider: What comes first – the power or the desire for it?
Could it be that liberals are actually more predisposed to be victimizers of women than are conservatives?
It’s a valid question to consider.
The very definition of a conservative is someone who seeks to restrain the consolidation of power in government. They want to limit the power of government. They don’t see government as the solution to every problem. In fact, they tend to see government as the problem, not the solution, as Ronald Reagan once said.
When it comes to sexual abuse within government, the conservatives clearly have a point. Look at what Congress did over so many years when the Democrats were running the show.
They built in protections for those who victimized others – not just women, by the way. Secret settlements were induced. The people’s money was used for payoffs. The whole thing was covered up until quite recently.
Wasn’t government the problem there rather than the solution?
And shouldn’t that system be dismantled tout suite?
Why isn’t there more focus on blowing it up right now – even in the midst of this epidemic of charges against powerful people? Isn’t is time to expose all the dirty details? If not now, when?
If that ever happens, I think we’ll be shocked by the results. For one thing, I think we’ll find that not all of the victims were women. All of the predators might have been men, but I would be surprised if all of the victims were women.
I think we make that assumption, yet, we know that has not always been the case with members of Congress. Remember Barney Frank? Remember Gerry Studds?
Personally, I think the place to launch the big investigation into sexual abuse is in Congress.
I suspect you will see more turnover in the Congress than we’ve seen in 100 years if such an investigation designed to expose the cover-ups were launched in earnest.
Wouldn’t that make sense?
Don’t get me wrong.
High-profile media barons have power, too.
I’m happy to see them all exposed.
But no one should be more accountable for their behavior than public servants.
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