Why does everyone feel so sorry for men accused of being predators?

Article here. Excerpt:

'Everyone is always pretty concerned that men accused of sexual misconduct will have their lives ruined, but it looks like these guys aren't just avoiding the many consequences of those accusations – they're actually flourishing!

Why is it – in a culture purporting to take allegations of sexual assault and harassment seriously – that victims suffer more social punishment than their accused attackers?
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Given all this, it seems odd that we continue to worry about the reputations of men who are accused of sexual wrong-doings.

Until we shame attackers with the same contempt that so many people reserve for women who come forward – until we shift the disdain from victim to perpetrator – rape, sexual assault and harassment will continue to run rampant and predators will continue to attack. Because why wouldn't they?'

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... though to say that it's even possible invites criticism at the least and a barrage of character assassination with its attendant consequences at worst.

The way the author writes shows how men accused of rape are presumed guilty. She says ppl shouldn't worry about the reps of men accused of rape because, she asserts, their victims are getting none. Well, like a good many ppl, she assumes the conclusion in the premises of the argument, a nasty logical fallacy that feminists seem especially good at, right along with non-sequiturs, which is something she also evinces. Her two basic arguments for excluding any man from sympathy or, it sounds like, a presumption of innocence until guilt is proven, are as follows:

1: Any given woman may accuse a man of rape.
2: A man accused of rape is guilty of that rape and deserves no sympathy associated with the accusation.
Therefore,
C: If a woman accuses a man of rape, he's guilty of rape and deserves no sympathy associated with the accusation.

As for the second, it goes like this:

1: Any given woman may accuse a man of rape.
2: Women who claim they were raped get little or no sympathy from others around the topic.
Therefore,
C: Men accused of rape should get no sympathy around the matter of being accused of rape.

In both cases, a fail.

This doesn't mean I think any given man accused of rape isn't guilty of it, nor any woman accusing a man of rape can be assumed to be lying. In both cases, by no means. What I'm saying is that the accusation must be proven, like any other criminal act.

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