I have a serious question and wondered how other people navigate the line between "always believe the victim" and "innocent until proven guilty." Too many victims of assault haven't been believed, but the potential for false accusations/permanent damage to the accused's... +
...reputation does exist. Both situations exist. So how do view these types of situations? How do you help ensure victims are believed, whether the victim is the accuser or the accused?
And this isn't pertaining to the current situation in K-pop in particular. It just reminded me that I've struggled with this question before.
I sometimes wonder if in the pursuit of righting past wrongs (such as not believing women who have been victimized), we run the risk of the pendulum of justice swinging too far in the other direction. Not the same type of situation, but take W*nho, for instance. +
People cancelled him left and right and he almost lost his career over something that was eventually found to be false. I understand the impulse to immediately decry those accused of heinous crimes such as sexual assault and accusers should never be called liars at the outset.
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