I am aware of how this works and how these things pan out - and that is why I think the legal process needs changing. Evidence collection, lower thresholds of proof, better experiences in court and better trained ABE interviews. I'm not trying to deny there is a problem, I'm trying to suggest that this is not the way to combat it.

And that is because there has to be an underlying assumption of innocence in law, that's how a society should function... that doesn't mean the person being accused is innocent. I have no objection to police investigators contacting previous partners or doing further investigations into a person's sexual history. I have massive problems with opening everything up to the public. For one thing it makes the case weaker not stronger, and defence lawyers can and will use that to their advantage.

Your point about lessened shame and isolation is important and that has to be addressed... but public social media is not the place to explore that. Appropriately funded therapy and the continuing prosecution of genuinely evil men in the court of law will hopefuly lessen these feelings over time. Nothing about social media is therapeutic, anger, outrage and misandry mix together and stories are used to score political points and generate toxic hearsay and rumour.

Society is a balancing act. It needs to be rebalanced... but the public prosecution in the public court of opinion is not the way to go. Thanks for carrying on the discussion. :o)