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How is non-consensual condom removal not fraud?

The way people talk about sexual assault, including tonight, tends to assume that we should always believe victims. But anyone who’s handled such cases on college campuses, as Dan and I both have, knows that false allegations are actually not uncommon. As former prosecutors who care deeply about due process, do you think fiction writers should grapple with this reality? Or should we just pretend all allegations are true?

It remains as true today as it was 50 years ago that women in many professions still dominated by white men need mentorship of those men to succeed. After #Me Too, how do women regain the trust and confidence of white men to mentor them without fear of "misinterpretation" of their actions and words?