I remember Joe Biden being accused of rape and the woman who did it basically being hushed down. I haven’t seen a single person mention it (recently). Given his age, status, and political beliefs, it seems pretty much guaranteed to be at least somewhat true. How did I forget about this?
I don't know how to put this into words without sounding harsh. Not because I want it to be true, because I don't, but because it just reality.
American society, broadly speaking, doesn't care about the safety and autonomy of women. This goes for the liberal side as much as conservatives.
Bill Clinton assaulted young women throughout his entire political career and he was rewarded with 8 years in office and being respected (even if we don't see him as respectable, libs love him) as a "good statesmen" for, presumably, the rest of his life. He's been a known abuser for three solid decades at the least with absolutely no consequences beyond, I suppose, national embarrassment.
How did democrats act towards him? Well, they elected him obviously. And still respect him. And they either waive away accusations (and some known-truths) as "the women wanted it" or just outright deny he did anything wrong at all. Basically viewing Bill as unimpeachable (slight pun intended) despite a proven record of being gross at the lesser side and a rapist, manipulative piece of shit on the further scale of his crimes.
And republicans for their part elected Trump despite him also having credible (and now proven although only in civil court) claims of being an abuser and rapist. His ex wife accused him of doing really just revolting stuff.
Oh, and who could forget, Bill and Trump were both friends with JEFFREY FUCKING EPSTEIN king-pimp at the center of one the worst identified child trafficking and rape rings. It would be impossible for me to sit here and type out the fucking spiderweb of connections both presidents had with Epstein and his associates but suffice to say they participated in child trafficking and rape in some form or another.
You had Kavanaugh (sp) also credibly accused to the point that he should've been disqualified by any reasonable group of people from being a judge much less on SCOTUS. Thomas was also accused of sexual harassment and assault. Biden or course. The list is really long and easy to forget who hasn't been credibly accused of something. Probably not Obama to my knowledge? (What a low fucking bar... "don't be a rapist")
But anyway, Americans across the board basically don't care. It's just a weapon to attack the opponent with and a misogynist society can easily overlook and forget it when it's their favored person. There's always some inexplicable reasoning for why accusations against Biden aren't credible from DNC types. Or the Q anon types love to obsess over Epstein, but you bring up Trump, and it's "no no no, he's anti pedophile!"