<em>The Atlantic</em> Daily: A Moral Failing, a Choice
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Roy Moore: A fifth woman, Beverly Young Nelson, has come forward with an accusation against Roy Moore, stating that the Republican Senate candidate sexually assaulted her in 1977, when she was 16. “He told me … ‘You’re just a child … I am the district attorney of Etowah County and if you tell anyone about this no one will ever believe you,’” Nelson said. Earlier in the day, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called on Moore to drop out of the race, building on his former, more cautious comments to say, “I believe the women, yes.”
The acts of harassment and sexual misconduct to which the comedian Louis C. K. has now admitted , which is confessional and. In the 1990s, the progressive accomplishments of President Bill Clinton led some powerful feminists to defend him against allegations of sex crimes, belittling his accusers in the process. Caitlin Flanagan asks:
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