It is not a surprise that Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange is under custody charged with rape. The US has used the woman angle in the past. Jack Johnson, Mike Tyson and now Assange. The Republicans tried to get Bill Clinton through Monica Lewinsky but when first Newt Gingrich and then the fellow following him had to resign in quick succession they showed the white flag. Strangely a judge on the US Supreme Court is still serving even though accused of sexual harassment at his confirmation hearings. What of the accusers? They do not deny having sex with Assange of their own free will but say that he was not wearing protection in one case while the protection burst in the other. If they have not been made pregnant or suffered any ill effects then surely there is no case. These are not illiterate, innocent virgins from a village in India but Swedish women who have been around and know the score. It is as if Assange is guilty of rape because maybe he imagined it. In that case every person who owns a gun should be charged with murder because they have thought about shooting at people. Laws on rape have been enacted to protect women but if women use them as weapons against men because of promised gain or under pressure then the laws will be discredited and women will suffer. As has happened with dowry laws in India. Judges have woken up to the fact that women were accusing their husbands or in laws of dowry harassment for revenge or as blackmail to get money. In future genuine victims may be treated with suspicion. If women want to be respected as equals they must stop pretending to be victims. Losers do that.