And One Is Enough

It’s possible that

Of the thirty-two women

Some are lying

It’s possible

That the majority of them
Are lying

I mean, anything’s possible

Sure

It’s possible

That of the thirty-two

Thirty are lying

Maybe even thirty-one

But not all of them

I think we can agree on that, can’t we?

That if thirty-two people
Say you did something

It’s possible a few of them

Are just making shit up

But we all sort of acknowledge

That you probably did do

The thing they’re saying you did

Even if only one of them

Knows the truth of it

So, when I hear an accusation

Like the one I’m hearing

About your husband

The first thing that jumps to mind

--And this might surprise you, but--

The first thing

That jumps to my mind

Is not--

They’re all telling the truth

Even though

It’s more likely

They’re all telling the truth

Than that they’re all lying

It’s far more likely

That if thirty-two people see a murder

Or a bank robbery

Or even somebody shoplifting

That all thirty-two are simply

Telling the truth about it

But for some reason

When it comes to rape

And when it comes to sexual assault

We look at big numbers

And we think--

Hmm, maybe not all of them

Are being honest

About what they’re saying happened

And we have this strange

Rule about it

That says--

If even one of them is lying

We have a falsehood

Now

If thirty-two people

Saw a bank robbery

We would presume

That even if some of them

Came up with that

Out of nowhere

That bank was probably

Robbed, am I right?

Of course I’m right

Even if one out of the thirty-two

Saw the robbery

We still agree

That that’s enough

To constitute an accurate report

Of a robbery

So how I look at all this is--

Thirty-two women
Said your husband

Assaulted them

And I only need to believe one

To know that he’s

A fucking rapist

I only need one

If all he did was rape one woman

Than he’s a rapist

And yes, I guess him being a serial rapist

Would be worse

But being a one-time rapist

Isn’t better, is it?

You can try muddying up the water

All you want

About how many there were

And how many are telling the truth

And if there are any liars

But you can catch all the liars you want

And you’re still going to be stuck

Married to a rapist

And I think that should be your concern

Because even if you get the number down

From thirty-two to one

You still have one

And one is still enough

It’s still enough

And the fact

That everybody seems to think

That one is something we can overlook

If we really, really want to, well--

That’s something I won’t speak on

Because it’s not worth it

It’s not even worth

Talking about