What some of these young women or their current partners want is revenge or to be told none of it was their fault i.e. 'unshaming'. A conviction of the accused also earns points with the sistahood. In the 20th century it appears that women who had regretted trysts mostly put it down to experience. The new wokeness ethos has changed all that.

Thus coping is no longer the new norm. If anything doesn't go to plan it has to be somebody's fault not a mixup of events. We need to toughen up.

This 'believe women' garbage has ruined many men's lives and soured the population's attitude to complaints from young females who might be lying as so many of them have done. Unfortunately, the genuine complaints will be treated with suspicion now. Good on you, you nasty, sexist b..ches and pussy-whipped male hangers-on in the media, the law and politics! You must be very proud of yourselves.

Formication and Christian morality V premarital sex and secular ethics, you choose!

I find this, attack the victims, article reprehensible in the extreme. No means no not maybe. And stop means just that.

The fact that young women do not want to be retraumatised in court badgered about their private consensual sex lives doesn't mean they're lying! And the one or two that do doesn't mean the rest are!

We could if we wanted to or were allowed, test all sworn evidence with unbeatable space age lie detection. But hey that would put hundreds of shonk barristers and solicitors out business and end the endless delays in getting justice for the victims.

The Author is in the wrong country, she should in the US defending grubs like Trump his moronic mendacious Maga support base.
Alan B.

If the Higgins case is indeed responsible for a rise in reported sexual assaults, then there are two possible reasons – women who previously would not have reported assaults are now more inclined to report them; or more women are falsely reporting sexual assault. It is possible that there are elements of both in the recent statistics. The NSW police analysis that Arndt quotes also argues that the increase in reporting was possibly a result of media coverage of assaults at the time (not just the Higgins case), but argues that it was mainly willingness to report that was affected by the media reporting:

“The number of sexual assault incidents recorded by NSW Police jumped dramatically in March 2021, up 46% from February 2021 and 65% from March 2020. The sharp increase most likely reflects a temporary increase in victim willingness to report sexual assault due to heightened public attention on sexual assault and consent (rather than an increase in prevalence). The spike aligns with saturated media coverage of a number of high profile sexual assault allegations which came to light in late February and March 2021.”

https://www.bocsar.nsw.gov.au/Pages/bocsar_publication/Pub_Summary/BB/BB155-Summary-Why-did-sexual-assault-reports-spike-in-March-2021.aspx

Arndt yet again shows a spectacular disregard for proper treatment of sources and data in her efforts to portray men as victims; but to imply that the spike in sexual assault reports is mainly due to an increase in the number of lying women is vile even by Arndt’s low standards.

"Arndt yet again shows a spectacular disregard for proper treatment of sources and data in her efforts to portray men as victims; but to imply that the spike in sexual assault reports is mainly due to an increase in the number of lying women is vile even by Arndt’s low standards."

Vile? - It may have some merit, no?
What's the big deal?

The genuine sexual assaults are what is actually vile
Trying to get to the truth of things is a reasonable endeavor

But if women are running around saying all men are rapists that's perfectly ok?

AC

Which women are “running around saying all men are rapists”?

It is a well-established fact that most sexual assaults are not reported to police – about 87%, according to the ABS. If the publicity around the Higgins case caused a few more women to come forward and report that they had been attacked, surely that’s a good thing.

https://www.abs.gov.au/articles/sexual-violence-victimisation#police-recorded-victims-of-sexual-assault

I accuse Arndt of misrepresentation because she does not accurately represent her data source, which attributes the increase in reported assaults to greater willingness to report, not an increase in women lying. Her article does not link to the NSW police analysis, which she could easily do, but instead to a picture of the graph she uses. I believe she did this deliberately so that she does not draw readers’ attention to the explanation provided by NSW police, which contradicts her own interpretation. Arndt has form with this type of misrepresentation. Her previous OLO article was an outrageous exercise in cherry-picking and misrepresenting ABS data in a failed effort to discredit data showing that women on average work longer hours than men.

I describe her as “vile” because she deliberately misrepresents her data source in order to imply that the spike in reported sexual assault was caused primarily by false accusations by women inspired to imitate Brittany Higgins. For the record, I also have concerns about the “believe the victim” mentality, which can be used to weaponise sexual assault allegations– the cases of Christian Porter and George Pell come to mind. But it is utterly disgusting to imply that most of the additional reported assaults were “young women keen to have their Higgins moment”.

Great article from Bettina Arndt- $300K to defend himself from the false charges- and may not get the money back- you can't always claw the money back from the police- or the accusers. Many might find themselves convicted. These sorts of events undermine the confidence of men in women- and make them think that women are too much trouble. People work for ten years of their lives to earn $300K after tax only to lose it in lawfare (warfare). This is likely to decrease the motivation to be productive. We should be encouraging people to be productive because it benefits everyone.

George Pell's greatness grew for me due to the way that he stoicly faced the accusations before his sad death recently.

I suppose that the communist left will continue to beat the dead horse forever.

Long live George Pell from little old Australia that managed to climb to the heights of the Catholic Church in service.

The symbol for the Australian Achilles Heel - $

Well, isn’t it $$ these entrapment Sheilah’s are after ?

Posted by Indyvidual- Well, isn’t it $$ these entrapment Sheilah’s are after ?

Answer- Hebrew author and anti-communist Ayn Rand says in the Francisco D Anconia speech that- virtue isn't about money it's about how "the sheilah" got it.

“An honest man" (or woman) "is one who knows that he" (or she) "can't consume more than he has produced.”
― Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand considered that being called a man was a compliment to a woman.

http://www.armstrongeconomics.com/library/books/franciscos-money-speech-from-atlas-shrugged/

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/francisco-d-anconia

“Money is your means of survival. The verdict which you pronounce upon the source of your livelihood is the verdict you pronounce upon your life. If the source is corrupt, you have damned your own existence. Did you get your money by fraud? By pandering to men’s vices or men’s stupidity? By catering to fools, in the hope of getting more than your ability deserves? By lowering your standards? By doing work you despise for purchasers you scorn? If so, then your money will not give you a moment’s or a penny’s worth of joy. Then all the things you buy will become, not a tribute to you, but a reproach; not an achievement, but a reminder of shame. Then you’ll scream that money is evil. Evil, because it would not pinch-hit for your self-respect? Evil, because it would not let you enjoy your depravity? Is this the root of your hatred of money?

“Money will always remain an effect and refuse to replace you as the cause. Money is the product of virtue, but it will not give you virtue and it will not redeem your vices. Money will not give you the unearned, neither in matter nor in spirit. Is this the root of your hatred of money?

Take care Indyvidual.

I don’t hate money & I wouldn’t mind improving my finances but I’d not con someone or pretend to offer a good deal when it is not just so I can get hold of more money.
I’m fed up with people who demand more for no increased effort or even the slightest productivity.
One just has to observe the absolute greed of the housing market right now & no Govt. is addressing that nor making any effort whatsoever to curb the excessive money antics of bureaucracy !

Indyvidual- I didn't think that you hated money. I was just trying to clarify what I thought you might have been saying- and thought that others like Ayn Rand put things better than I could- even though she wasn't really from my culture.

In a sense nothing good is happening from the property market- maybe we should be moving real estate agents and property developers into other professions. I'd like to see more housing tasks done by owner builders with minimal red tape- perhaps with better training documentation. If buildings used more durable construction then you might need to replace them half as often.

Canem Malum,
Without a kind of National Service the deterioration of our social values will simply just pick up speed.
I witness ordinary everyday people being more greedy albeit not as successful at it than those multinational companies they accuse of being greedy !

Indyvidual- There is a crisis of trust in Australia created by DEI/DIE policy. We need national service to defend against "external" enemies but "internal" trust and cohesion to act decisively. Some on this forum that are previous serving personnel that are not in favour of universal national service in Australia because they believe it will bring more of societies problems into the military- I'm not sure but I trust these peoples perspective- but it needs context. From my experience I know that service changes the way you think- and I think that most people gain from serving- but will the military and Australia benefit? Anyway I'm open to both viewpoints. Basicly my answer is I don't know.

Maybe we just need better support for those that do volunteer to serve.