Kavanaugh Can Join Thomas.

[Pat Mustard]

Don't take this as a criticism, but you're talking from a position of ignorance here.  Now I've never experienced a sexual assault myself either, but I do work with cops who regularly investigate sexual crimes and have had to handle some of the paperwork and it's not at all uncommon if tye victim doesn't disclose for yesrs, even more so if the victim is young when the crime happened.

Either you misread my post, or I didn't make myself clear enough. (The latter is far more likely   ) I absolutely understand that it can be really daunting and scary to disclose sexual assault, even more so if the perpetrator is rich and privileged. I get it. The thing I find suspicious is that she disclosed it at the time when he is set to assume a position of great power, knowing full well that it may put a spanner in the works. I watched her testimony, and found it powerful and believable. I believe her. I just feel convinced that maybe it was the prospect of having someone she knew was capable of sexual assault, up there in a position of power as great as SCOTUS, that gave her the push she needed to actually come forward. In any case, I'm not saying that it makes her testimony any less legitimate or her claim any less worth looking into.

Some of the most harrowing cases of clerical sex abuse were only reported by victims when perpetrators were elevated to high and publicly visible positions. You cannot judge the veracity of such an allegation by the length of time it takes before the victim speaks out.