Men can come forward too as a character reference.

Putting all the risk and responsibilities on the victims is a bad system.

April 11, 2026 - 03:08 UTC

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well, in this case, they chose not to until after the news broke. maybe it wasn’t their story to tell, maybe their relationship with swalwell was strictly business, but they still chose to associate with him ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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The nature of sexual assault is that often the only people with first-hand knowledge are the victims so there's no way around it.
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Ultimately, yeah... Only the victims can provide the proof.

But I think it does help to have a path paved for them. If many, many more people had come out like mrs.frazzled here then the pain for the victims might be lessened.
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