Again we are told that women are liars [View all]

Yet again a man in the public limelight is charged with a crime against a woman, and it is she who proclaimed the liar and even the abuser. A video looped over and over again to highlight her shoving him is the smoking gun that, we are told, proves the man is not only entirely innocent, but that the woman is guilty of assault. Yet the police report names the wife as the victim and complainant.

I don't pretend to know the facts of this case. I don't know if Alan Grayson is guilty of what his wife alleges. What I know is that she has filed charges and police are investigating the incident. Yet once again--like with Woody Allen, Julian Assange, and James Winston, the woman and complainant is declared a liar, vindictive, and untrustworthy. Same story. Same bat channel. Only the names change.

The lesson I have learned is that my life and those of women like me are valued far less by those who claim to be my "allies" than the men who are charged with beating and raping us.