Thanks for posting about the case in this context. I believe am seeing more and more people being held accountable. Cosby was one of the first and seems to have led the way.
I think that we are at a turning point of holding the powerful accountable. If Trump and those connected to him do in fact fall, it will be a big sign that anyone can and should be held accountable for their actions. It just might take a long time to fully manifest.
I think this case is important because it is helping to redefine what rape and assault is. For so long, people have this naïve belief that rape can only happen when a stranger grabs a girl in a dark alley and forces himself on her while she screams and tries to fight back. Rape where the parties are married wasn't recognized for so long. Likewise, if a victim was drunk or unconscious, it wasn't considered rape.
Not so anymore. As you said, Cosby was a begining, when the public woke up to the fact that rape can and does occur when a man drugs a woman to the point that she is paralized (something I have always believed, by the way). There is a slow but steady recognition that the state of the victim (married, drunk by choice, drugged by third party, etc.) does not matter as much, thus hopefully moving away from "victim shaming."
Now, a new category of sexual assault is emerging. Now, it is being recognized that men in power are using their influence to coerce women to have sex with them. These men use their influence to force women into unwanted sexual contact. If they refuse or resist, then they retaliate by ruining their victims' reputations and/or careers. The victims are often made to feel ashamed (did I send out the wrong signals) or frightened (if I don't do what he says, he will come after me.) There is also this prevalent culture that it is expected for men of power to "influence" women to have sex with them.
As far as I am concerned, people who use their positions to coerce others into doing something they wouldn't want to do ordinarily are just as disgusting as the monsters who grab their victims and drag them down dark alleys. Let this case be yet another sign that women (and the true "men" who stand beside their mothers, sisters, daughters, wives, etc.) will find justice from these high powered yet low-life scum who operate in the shadows of our society. Let the light come and drive them out!
Hell yes - Good will WIN! But not always.
It's not going to win uncontested, because that precludes the definition of a win.
We can't see darkness without light, we can't see light without darkness.
We aren't going to learn without direct experience. Talk to those who deny the holocaust, who going further back, don't understand what happened when Rome fell and why. Talk to my son who has had a golden path laid before him, and instead chosen the path of adversity.
No one appreciates the bad without the good. No one appreciates the good without the bad.
There will always be a pendulum swing on good and bad. There will always be personal and communal determinations on who is winning for now.
Good will win out in the long run. Otherwise, what's the point in repetitive lessons the world has faced? We DO get it and pass it down to others who DO get it. Fractional process. Lots of time and iterations involved.
We're getting there.
Balance is key, but is always moving towards the greater good.
I dont know where to post this but
Sweden and Austria have closed down there last coal powered factories (2 years ahead of schedule)
@laynara, Thank You for the Good News of the day! It is so nice to see other countries leading by example, while the U.S. seems no longer capable.
Pakistan hires thousands of newly unemployed to work on planting trees
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/pakistan-hires-laborers-for-planting-10-billion-tree/
I thought I would share this little piece of news ?
Dubai Solar Farm
Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Estimated Dropped 8%
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/global-emissions-to-fall-by-8-percent-in-2020/