Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

Do we have to endure another hearing where the woman tells one story, the man denies it, he is championed, and she torn apart?  I don't know if I can bear it.  Has anything changed since Anita Hill?  I think we know the answer to that with the women speaking up around the Me, too movement.  She bears the trauma, she bears the shame, she hides her shame, and when she finally feels that her pain must be subsumed for the sake of the country, she is attacked, her word worth less than nothing.  Why don't women come forward and name their assailants?  Because they fear, no, they KNOW they won't be protected or believed.  They will be terrorized.  It's a system that has worked for the patriarchy for a long time, and it is invisible, at this point.  It's in the air we breathe.  Everything is UNDERSTOOD.  How can women heal without support and and validation?  Often their families don't believe them.  They don't believe themselves.  The incident seems incredible, like a bad film, and all around them voices are denying the truth of their experience.  I pray Ford has the strength and support she needs to go through this ring of fire.  And for all of us reliving our own experiences that shamed and terrified us, may be be strong and have support as well.