HERE is an excellent letter to the editor in today’s New York Times:

Whatever the result of the case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the chief of the International Monetary Fund, his arrest is an exhilarating example of the evolution of justice. For most of human history, a servant accusing a politically powerful man of rape would have been laughed at. In much of North America and Europe this is no longer the case; if there is sufficient evidence, anyone can be tried and convicted.

At this point Mr. Strauss-Kahn must be awarded the presumption of innocence. But the fact that the maid who accused him was given the respect she deserves and her accusations treated seriously shows that there can be dramatic progress in our ideas of justice and a just society.

David Hayden

In contrast, the men’s rights blog In Male Fide rushes to defend Strauss-Kahn of what its writer says must be false rape charges from a maid seeking to victimize a powerful man. If men’s rights advocates had their way there would be no rape charges filed by women. The male of the species is as pure as the driven snow.

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