Unfortunately, To Talk About Brett Kavanaugh:

I hate to write this post, because I don't want to bring more attention to a decision that was already finalized. I also hate to write this post because I hate this entire controversy. But, I figured that I should probably address it seeing as my entire project is about polarization. This is a great example of that.

Now, of course, Judge Kavanaugh's case isn't the first circumstance that a man in high power has faced sexual harassment allegations (think, Harvey Weinstein, Jamie Foxx, Riff Raff, Morgan Freeman.... The names continue....). The moment that a victim comes forward is often the moment that the case is blown up on every news channel for a while. In Kavanaugh's case, a woman and college professor named Christine Ford after he had already been nominated to replace a retiring judge in the Supreme Court. Many began to resent him after this, but many believed him when he denied this charge. Both, in my current opinion, can be justified. Tt is rather sketchy and inappropriate for a person in a place of such high power to be accused of something so repulsive. But, why did this accusation come at the same time that Kavanaugh was nominated. She did state that she felt the information was "relevant in his evaluation for the position". Was it really because of the fact that the woman was uncomfortable coming out with this statement earlier? Or, did she have another motive?

But it didn't end with just Ford. Two more victims came forward with different sexual misconduct allegations. Kavanaugh denied it all. In fact, he went so far as to say that he hadn't even ever done anything sexual at all in high school and college, where he knew each of these women. Many said this was a load of bullshit. Many said this was the truth. And many of those who said that this was the truth, blamed liberals opposed to Kavanaugh just didn't want him in the court. In my personal opinion, I don't think any of us have enough evidence to know, truly, what to believe. Regardless, everyone dies for their point of view. They think the other side is sinister.

What all of these recent allegations have lead to is a conversation about a rape culture. Do we have a problem, or are we using this "idea" to take innocent people down? Well, it is proven that in some cases, said victims have lied (Watch "top five rape hoaxes"). But, it's also proven that some very powerful people have sexually assaulted women. This makes me question two opposing mindsets. What if the problem isn't that some of these men are trying to purposefully do these things? What if, in some cases, they do not think of sexual assault in the same way that some women do? Maybe we need to educate boys and girls at an early age about what cases are classified as rape, or assault. Sometimes the line is fine.