With Biden Look at the Evidence, Not Just the Accusation

The accusation leveled against Joe Biden by Tara Reade has once again generated the sexist mantra of “believe women,” as if one gender is biologically endowed with a truth gene, and the other with a lying gene.

There is absolutely no basis in science, morality, experience or law for this bias.

It is no different from saying “believe Jews,” “believe gays,” “believe Democrats,” or “believe lawyers.” Generalizing about any group without an empirical basis is bigotry, pure and simple.

Those who claim that “believe women” is not bigoted because it a positive not a negative attribute, are simply playing word games. The necessary corollary of “believe women” is “don’t believe men who deny what women accuse them of.”