Shapiro says:

“The evidence in the Cornell 7 case demonstrates clearly that Jane Doe engaged in promiscuous and disgusting sexual behavior (as did the men), was embarrassed by it, and then changed her story to allege rape. That’s not now rape law works. But now the NY governor is unleashing mob justice on the men.” (X, 10/2/2026, https://x.com/benshapiro/status/2106095856587812901?s=46)

My response:

Give me a break. Saying “the law is on the men’s side” is such a lazy, ahistorical cop-out.
“The law” used to keep Jewish people out of the exact kind of elite universities you went to, and it legally barred women from becoming doctors—like your own wife.

In fact, “the law” has a long, ugly history of being weaponized to lock people out. That is why institutions change, and pretending otherwise just to score cheap political points is completely disingenuous.

And speaking of broken laws: hiding behind dangerous legal technicalities—like New York’s voluntary intoxication loophole that lets predators off the hook just because a victim had too much to drink—is exactly what needs to change. Incapacitation is incapacitation, and pretending a broken statute equals justice is shameful.

Finally, for a news commentator whose entire brand is that “facts don’t care about your feelings,” you sure are leaning heavily on your own feelings of disgust to dismiss the facts and argue that this woman wasn’t actually raped.

Consenting once or even twice to a person is not consenting to being drugged, advertised, boxed in, and gang-raped all night. Dressing up your victim-blaming as detached logic doesn’t make it any less gross.