Did he or didn’t he? Only Pete Hegseth knows for sure, but I’m inclined to believe him

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Posted on 11/17/2024 5:45:26 AM PST by SeekAndFind

The leftist media are excited about a long-ago sexual assault claim an unnamed woman filed against Pete Hegseth. The police refused to press charges, but Hegseth, by then a well-known and wealthy TV personality, paid the woman some money. Hegseth contends that the sex was consensual, that the woman was the aggressor, and that he paid her to make her go away. I may be a lousy feminist here, but knowing how the world works, I think it’s just as likely that Hegseth’s version of events is true. That being the case, the entire thing should be disregarded moving forward.

I come into this with strong biases. First, although numerous academic articles discount it, “gray rape” exists.

Gray rape happens when young women have consensual sex with someone and then, filled with post-coital regret (and often bullied by feminist friends), claim they were raped. Indeed, some women make a lifestyle out of their alleged victimhood.

Reports of campus rapes have often followed this pattern. A classic example of this pattern is what happened to Ben Feibleman. Unsurprisingly, Columbia settled.

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1 posted on 11/17/2024 5:45:26 AM PST by SeekAndFind

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