I actually take issue with this statement, you're really making assumptions about why I care about this issue and why I feel like I have a stake in it. I don't like to bring this up because I hate talking about it and it is literally the most traumatizing thing has ever happened to me, but my life was almost ruined because of false sexual harassment accusations.
I vividly remember having heart palpitations every time I thought about it, how I couldn't concentrate on anything else, how it made me feel so sick to my stomach that it felt like I was going to vomit. there were times that I just broke down crying from all the fear and pressure. I couldn't think about anything except for the fact that I was about to either get expelled or put on a sex offender registry, and there was no escape from it. every single one of my peers knew about it, and I was endlessly shamed and publicly humiliated, every single day. every time it was mentioned I felt this physical sensation where a shock rips through my chest and my heart would sink. I quickly started to dread being around other people and became afraid to even show up to school. I seriously considered committing suicide because of this. I felt more terrified, hopeless and alone than I had ever been in my entire life.
in the end the school administration ruled me innocent after the perpetrators admitted that they were lying and that I never did the things they accused me of, but the emotional trauma is irreversible and I still have recurring nightmares about being expelled or put on the sex offender registry. I would not wish what happened to me on anyone, and the fact that the most vile, sociopathic type of women can get away with shit like this sickens me on a personal level