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Naomi Wolf Misrepresents the Facts of The Julian Assange Rape Allegations. Again. « Student Activism

Naomi Wolf Misrepresents the Facts of The Julian Assange Rape Allegations. Again. « Student Activism

Naomi Wolf Misrepresents the Facts of The Julian Assange Rape Allegations. Again.

On Democracy Now this morning, Jaclyn Friedman and Naomi Wolf debated the sexual assault allegations that have been lodged against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.

In the course of the debate, Wolf repeatedly insisted that what Assange is alleged to have done could not have been rape because his accusers never told him “no.”

But here’s the thing. According to the published account that Wolf herself cited, one of them did tell him no.