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On Keeping Alleged Rape Victims Anonymous

Dan Solomon has made the case against Julian Assange. See the comments here, and his post here.  Although I think Dan's is naive, one thing stood out. Namely, the anonymity of the accusers. Ann Ardin was not named by the press, as the media will not name alleged rape victims. This is the case even where a rape never happened. What is the name of the Duke lacrosse accuser? You won't find it on NPR or in the New York Times. Julian Assange's accuser, Anna Ardin, was named by courageous bloggers. And what did naming her lead to?  It led to the discovery of a blog post Ardin wrote. In this post, she encourages spurned women to seek revenge against men. I've reproduced the blog post here. This tip, e.g., reveals the mind of someone who is bat-shit crazy: Rank your systematic revenge schemes from low to high in terms of likely success of implementation, required input from you, and degree of satisfaction when you succeed...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on December 10, 2010 (boomark / email).