History of Feminism

Is that he is the target of not just the press, but a government (namely ours, sadly) which has the resources and skill to tell lies. Woody Allen may be a celebrity, but he does not have the CIA after him (yet.)

That being said, I do think that Assange does not deserve a halo. Yes, he did break the news (though Chelsea Manning deserves more credit, she is the one that risked getting executed, and oh yes, you know there would be crowds cheering that), but a good deed here does not give you a license to rape. The sad fact is, we do tend to offer the right to treat women like shit as some sort of reward for heroes, be they Tiger Woods, Julian Assange, and oh yes, Bill Clinton.