Has it gone too far? Stories of sex abuse show nothing has changed

If anybody’s putting together one of those lists of frequently asked questions arising from the ongoing global controversy initiated by Harvey Weinstein, top of the list is: “But has it gone too far?,” writes Terry Prone. 

Wrong question. It’s direction, not duration, that matters. As evidenced in the case of Larry Nassar, who raped and sexually abused young athletes — at least 157 of them — while telling them what he was at was pelvic floor treatment.

Nassar’s accusers, vindicated, stood up in court, one after another, and told him the impact on each of them of his horrific acts. Sometimes he looked at them. Sometimes he put his head in his hands and didn’t look at them. Then Judge Rosemarie Aquilina sentenced him, effectively, as she pointed out, to death in prison, because the length of his sentence, combined with no access to parole, means he will never walk the streets again.