A new scarlet letter for harassment charges
In an effort to encourage a more equitable system of justice in this country — something to which any number of legislators, unprincipled prosecutors and judges seem opposed — I believe it would be in our best interest to treat all those charged with sexual harassment and sexual misconduct the same way we treat all sex offenders.
While the term “sexual misconduct” has a rather benign sound to it, it nevertheless can include anything from sexual assault to sexual abuse.
It doesn’t matter if it’s Matt Lauer, Al Franken, Roy Moore, Bill Clinton, Georgia H.W. Bush, Charlie Rose or John Conyers doing the touchy-feely thing or some other form of sexual harassment or misconduct. Unwanted touching or misconduct of a sexual nature constitutes sexual battery and/or assault (laws differ from state to state) and deserve to be punished in the same manner as all other sex offenses.
To that end, I am proposing that each state be required to create a Sexual Harassment/Misconduct Registry modeled on the existing sex offender registries.
We had a discussion about sexual harassment at the blood center yesterday while I was donating platelets. The women there who work for the center think that this ‘harassment revelation’ that is going on is nothing but BS. We all agreed that it has been going on since time immemorial and as long as males and females inhabit the earth will continue to go on. Men do it with their comments and women do it with their dress and actions. It all started with ‘pulling Suzy’s pigtails’. If it’s not appreciated, the time to complain is when it happens and not 30 years later when there is no credible defense…only ‘credible’ accusations.
Trump…Clinton…JFK…just seems that power corrupts or at least it corrupts some people. Certainly these men have abused their positions of wealth, fame, and power for their own sexual gratification and yet all have been allowed to continue living their lives (with the exception of JFK but that’s another story) and yet, visiting a website or a simple text message have ruined so many without the wealth, fame, or power to fight the system.
This is justice in America. Putting people on a list for life for something that they have paid their debt to society for…how is that American?
Anyone politician who supports the sex offender registry is not a true American but when you can see the double standard that these people live by it is no wonder that they want to divert attention from themselves onto others?
Is it really a surprise that the VAST majority in politics are nothing but hypocrites and soulless sociopaths who think of nobody and nothing except themselves.
Forget another list. They don’t work and are just additional punishment and nothing more!
Sen Al Franken (Dem-Minn) was accused and admitted to touching a repoters breast and kissing her without her consent sure sounds like sexual battery to me meanwhile Anthony Weiner touched no one ( not condoning)but Roy Moore (R-Ala) did. Sign em all up see how they like it
What about Donald J. Trump? The man in the oval office has admitted to touching, kissing and groping women, he has also bragged about grabbing women by their genitals. No one should be above the law. We also need to remember it is not only men that sexually harass, women are also guilty such behavior.
Enough – no registries!! Whatever the crime do the time… but then let the former offender make good of what is left of his or her life…. with no continued punishment.