(September 21, 2018 at 8:54 am)Jörmungandr Wrote: What do you mean by contemporaneous here?
The sooner after the incident the better. If she had told friends shortly thereafter and they came forward, her account would be stronger. Someone posted on FB that the incident was well known in the school. That would make her case stronger, but it has since been retracted.
Quote:Is Ms. Blasey Ford's accusation less corroborated because her statements to her therapist occurred years after the fact rather than that very same year?
Of course. Memory generally gets worse over time.
Quote:What exactly is your standard here? How soon after a sexual assault must a woman come forward in order to be taken seriously?
False dichotomy. It's an all facts and circumstances situation.