The Me Too Movement and an Age of Distrust

Yesterday a member of my family made this remark: "There are too many people trying to abuse the Me Too movement, so we have to wait and see on all of it." This kind of talk has, in fact, not just started recently. These are things that have come to light as false/fabricated accusations of sexual assault/harassment have been exposed through the media several times. But I felt a bit irritated hearing my father's remark. It might be regrettable that limiting it to just my surroundings is all I can do, but there were, more than you'd think, many victims of sexual harassment/violence around me. I myself once felt sexually uncomfortable during my military days when senior officers would tap my buttocks as they passed by. Of course, those people laughed and apologized, saying they hadn't known I felt that way. "I won't do it next time~~" they said. So it's that feeling of adults' interest in and affection for a child. But I was disappointed at this part too. Because Korean society still wasn't one that respected the very emotions an individual felt. Returning to the Me Too movement, many people began to appear saying that the spreading of false information must be strongly punished. I think the Me Too movement will be suppressed because of such people.
Most of those making Me Too declarations are doing so about incidents for which the statute of limitations has already passed and for which evidence no longer remains. Incidents from years, even decades ago. Though to be precise, it's not 'incidents' but 'harm.' To ask why they couldn't speak of such harm at the time is utter nonsense. I want to ask back whether you — who were more conservative than now and who didn't hesitate to use the word 'gold-digger' — even have the right to say such things. And on top of that, you still use that word even now. Of course there were people who abused it too. There were quite a number of cases of extracting settlement money through false reports. Because the 'distrust' arising from this is what made society this way. Even so, the Me Too declaration seems to me similar to catching a 'taxi driver who refuses passengers.' Most victims don't prepare in advance. Most victims don't go around with a voice recorder or camera always on. They're just there, just moving around, just living, and then get attacked at a moment they never expected. To put it in taxi terms, it's like a cab passing by saying "not going there" when you never expected it.
To give one more similar example, it's also related to an episode from my childhood when I was extorted on the street. People demand proof from victims and from perpetrators alike. I had money extorted from me. There was nothing I could prove. I said that several older boys taller than me threatened me as they took money from my pockets, but no one believed my words. The adults and friends around me talked as if thinking, "You must have behaved badly." Considering that a society that judges 'my' story by 'their own' standards existed even when I was an elementary school student, I think it's understandable that, even now when victims overflow, people would worry, 'Even if I speak up, will I really be empathized with and protected?'
In an age of distrust, an age that has lost trust, there's no way to immediately restore this. But simply — if someone around me were to make a Me Too declaration, I would just want to help them; I would tell that person that I believe them. I would send encouragement for their courage and tell them we could fight together. I want to slap the cheeks of those who say the words widely spread throughout Korean society: 'There must have been a problem with you somewhere, that's why it happened.' The problem is not with the victims, it's with the perpetrators.

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