IT APPARENTLY has escaped the notice of “slut walkers” that one of the most powerful men in the world has just been arrested and has been charged with assaulting a hotel maid. The contrast to their message is perhaps too glaring for the protesters. Despite their claim that women are frequently blamed for rape, the truth is that America has historically been highly intolerant of sexual assault. Another famous French man took note of this many years ago.

In his 1835 book Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville wrote:

No other crime is judged with the same inexorable severity by public opinion…. as Americans think nothing more precious than a woman’s honor and nothing deserving more respect than her freedom; they think no punishment too severe for those who take both against her will.

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