A New Zealand lawyer writes:
Some experiences are so traumatic that they transform lives, and those who live through them deserve to be called ‘survivors’. Men who endure the experience of a false sexual allegation are truly worthy of the term.
But if only the Establishment, mainstream media and sexual abuse activists could be consistent in their use of such language. Recently a TV interview screened with musical star Craig McLachlan, whom some women had accused of sexual abuse. The show gave his account of the story, predictably prompting indignant fury from sexual abuse campaigners. Their automatic ‘go-to’ labels of “victim” or “survivor” instead of ‘complainant’ reveal an assumption that all accused men are guilty. AStuff article appeared even before the show went to air, featuring Louise Nicholas’s annoyance with the upcoming broadcast and quoting ‘HELP’ spokeswoman Kathryn McPhillips as saying that false sexual accusations are “extremely rare”. She mentioned their incidence as being “less than one percent”, a figure that
thedailyblog.co.nz/2021/06/23/guest-blog...-21st-century-salem/
Forums 
