Reader Response
April, 1992
A Woman's PlaceSexual harassment cases and date rape have one thing in common: guilt by accusation. The victim appeals to feeling without establishing fact. What happened to the presumption of innocence? After the way Clarence Thomas and Willie Smith were put through the wringer, a man's judgment will always be clouded by the doubt that he may say or do something offensive. In the workplace, why should women be able to entice men with impunity? If the accused man is presumed guilty, why shouldn'...
