http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42200092
I think backlash is coming, slowly but it's coming. It's probably one fake accusation away of a known politician, actor or businessman that will happen to have a recording or something like that about the accuser saying they will do public is they dont do something(blackmail) and will simply do the same and post it on social media.
From that point, this movement will keep losing credibility and slowly die...
A good example of something like that is the Gomeshi trial... Is the guy clean? Fuck no.. he stinks, but the "victims" clearly tried to collude and make up stuff, crippling any credibility they had for the whole case. This whole mess died in a few weeks and we wont hear of it ever again.
There will be long lasting effects of this however, alot of men already did not trust women anymore, it'll only get worst. I have 2 single male friends who absolutely refuse to meet a new date outside of a public setting until the 3rd or 4th date because of this bullshit now. I dont blame them.
That whispering you hear from American women right now? It's not elation, it's anxiety; the fear of a backlash.
The next fear is that men will get so nervous that they're going to be accused of harassment that they will simply stop hiring, meeting or socialising with female colleagues. There are reports this is already happening. We will get shut out of the room where important decisions are made because men fear our presence? How ironic would that be?
The risk is that men, feeling under siege, kick back and say "enough is enough, this is not fair". Then we risk losing the support and sympathy of our male colleagues. We do indeed become seen as witch hunters, or worse, as witches.
I think backlash is coming, slowly but it's coming. It's probably one fake accusation away of a known politician, actor or businessman that will happen to have a recording or something like that about the accuser saying they will do public is they dont do something(blackmail) and will simply do the same and post it on social media.
From that point, this movement will keep losing credibility and slowly die...
A good example of something like that is the Gomeshi trial... Is the guy clean? Fuck no.. he stinks, but the "victims" clearly tried to collude and make up stuff, crippling any credibility they had for the whole case. This whole mess died in a few weeks and we wont hear of it ever again.
There will be long lasting effects of this however, alot of men already did not trust women anymore, it'll only get worst. I have 2 single male friends who absolutely refuse to meet a new date outside of a public setting until the 3rd or 4th date because of this bullshit now. I dont blame them.