Remember when feminists rallied behind the mantra ‘Believe All Women’? It was back in 2017, at the peak of the #MeToo movement that rightly brought down serial sex offenders such as film producer Harvey Weinstein. But then the net was cast more widely, tripping up men like comedian Aziz Ansari for boorish behaviour on a date and allowing women who had been touched on the leg to label themselves victims. Critics, like me , who urged against such blurred lines, were told that women do not lie about being victims of sexual assault. I had to shut up and believe.

But the years since have shown that feminists themselves have double standards when it comes to believing victims. Some women are to be taken at their word, while others are to be forever doubted. White women in London or Cali

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