Amy Goodman
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As Cain Denies Allegations, Supporters Malign Female Accusers, Sexual Harassment Victims
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11:53Now Playingwww.DemocracyNow.org - Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain has strongly rejected sexual harassment allegations against him, saying they "simply didn't happen," and vowing not to withdraw from the 2012 presidential race. On Tuesday, Cain denied the claims of his latest accuser, Sharon Bialek, who said Cain groped her and tried to force her to commit a sexual act in 1997. Also Tuesday, another woman, Karen Kraushaar, confirmed publicly for the first time she had accused Cain of sexual harassment when they both worked for the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s. Democray Now! speaks with Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor at Slate. "I think this goes to these archetypes that, if you fail everything else, just accuse women of being insane, accuse them of being trampy, accuse them of being hysterics. I think that is a little bit of what you are hearing here," Lithwick says. "I find it fascinating that you never hear these accusations turned against male accusers of misconduct. These are really, really Shakespearean ideas of women as emotional and unhinged."
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