From Kavanaugh to Carroll, a straight line of incredulity

Published June 21, 2019 11:21pm ET



It’s the sharp whistle as you walk by, the unwelcome attention from the man standing too close, the hand placed where it shouldn’t be. It’s the little things that happen every day that make women feel small and the big, traumatic events that reduce us to nothing at all.

Two years after the start of the #MeToo movement, our society continues to wrestle with sexual assault and its consequences. The latest accuser to come forward is E. Jean Carroll, a popular advice columnist for Elle magazine. She has accused President Trump, along with at least five other men at different points of her life, of sexually assaulting her in the late 1990s.

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