Naomi Wolf and Mandatory Disclosure of Rape Complainants’ Names
Naomi Wolf has written an essay at the Guardian in which she argues against laws and policies that protect the anonymity of women who have gone to police (or other authorities, such as campus officials) with allegations of rape. The practice is, she argues, “a relic of the Victorian era,” — a”bad law and bad policy” that impedes the fight against rape and should be abandoned.
I left what appears below as a comment on her essay at the Guardian website. Because of its relevance to campus sexual assault policies and recent conversations on this blog, I am reposting it here.
Naomi Wolf writes:
And I do, yes, believe that long term there would have been less stigma — like with abortion, that used to
