The hijab, scissors-attack girl.
A great way to get attention. Her story went international and even King Selfie commiserated with her.
I remember a story I once used in one of my books called “Cancer” about a young woman lying to get attention using lies about sickness as a means to get sympathy. Some actual women have actually done this since to get lots of money.
Could any of the “Me Too” accusations fall into the same category?
Can and do some women lie? Or are they always victims who only tell the whole or accurate truth?
I also remember, in 1980, the Catholic church refusing to authorize one of my textbooks in NL, saying that priests never lie. (Story: Morley Callaghan’s “A Sick Call”, the kind of edgy issues selection I often chose to create discussion in senior high English classrooms). Well, I guess we’ve seen how that issue plays out in the history of that church over the last 37 years regarding child abuse.
No, anything is possible and some/many claims or presumptions have to always be taken with a grain of salt. Again, Follow the agenda.