Come, Let Us Reason

Where's the Respect For the Adult, Professional, Psychologist, Woman, Christine Ford is Said to Be?
Why Treat an Accomplished, Overcoming, Adult Woman, Who is a Professor, Like a Child?
Where is Reason?
I am an adult woman. I am not cold-hearted. I am a sensitive person. This, however does not mean that I did not have the ability to grow in maturity and wisdom from my youth until now. We are hearing all sorts of emotional rants concerning Christine Ford and what she may be going through since her allegations against Brett Kavanaugh were made public. Now as a thinking, reasoning adult, it only stands to reason to me, that between the age of approximately 15 (approximate since she does not know the year her assault was supposed to have taken place) and now, 36 years later, Mrs. Ford has also had time to grow and mature. Which seems apparent as she is a psychologist and professor of statistics at Palo Alto University. And she has worked as a research psychologist for Stanford University's Department of Psychiatry (https://en.wikipedia.org/)
Psychology is - (Dictionary.com) - 1. the science of the mind or of mental states and processes. 2. the science of human and animal behavior
In other words. Mrs Ford has had training in the human psyche. Of course, this does not mean that she is exempt from suffering herself. But it does suggest that as an adult and a professor who has studied in this field, and also with the political climate at this time, she would be well aware of what the consequences of making public such an allegation could be. I am not saying any of this to make light of her pain and suffering, or to suggest it does not still affect her life, if indeed it did take place, but simply to say that 36 years after the fact and with all of her knowledge of the human psyche, she would have a good idea of what to expect.
Some may say they understand why a victim of such abuse will put off reporting the matter. And I would imagine that if anyone understands the psychology of this, it should be Christine Ford, the psychologist.
However, while understanding the psychology and the result of emotional trauma on the victim, it is also reasonable that Mrs. Ford would have an idea of the psychological response and political reaction that would likely take place once she spoke out.
So then, it stands to reason that she would know beforehand that there would be a demand for proof of her allegations and that she would be expected to be asked to face the accused and state her accusation. Being a woman, having suffered emotional and psychological pain, will not eliminate the process to be expected when you make such an allegation. A woman of her age and stature would know this. She would also know that making an allegation against such a public figure would stir empathy and sympathy, but also anger and outrage. None of this would be a surprise to her.
It is not as though she is making this allegation a few days after the supposed incident, while she is only fifteen and the whole emotional, terrifying event is fresh on her mind and she is not thinking straight. No, it is 36 years later, after she has had time to seek mental and emotional help, get training in the field of the mind and emotions and to think things through and have a pretty good idea what she is going to face when she speaks out.
Brett Kavanaugh has been in public office for many years. At any time in the 36 years since Mrs. Ford says Mr. Kavanaugh was supposed to have molested her, she could have reported him or brought up charges against him.
As the knowledgeable professor that she is, she would know ahead of time, that she could not expect to simply throw out this serious accusation, go into hiding, and expect to be able to manipulate the legal process to suit her. She would know that without full proof of her claim, her charge would not hold. She would know that she would be expected to have to state her case and let the accused know clearly what the accusations against him were.
So why the game? Why state that she wants to come public, then say she is not ready? I give her too much credit as an intelligent psychologist and reasoning adult to not have already expected to have to face the music as soon as she made her allegations. To cry that she is being bullied, or mistreated, when she is offered a fair hearing, I find to be ridiculous. To expect the whole country to be put on hold while you try to prepare yourself to tell the only truth you know and that you should have known to be prepared for before you opened your mouth is not reasonable. I choose to give her credit for being a professional woman. She has been offered a private hearing. She has been told they will come to her in a private place. She has been treated respectfully and delicately. She has not claimed rape. She claims to not know when the incident occurred, or where it occurred. She has given no serious evidence that can be examined. She has made her claim and then been uncooperative.
She is not a child. Respecting her as a mature, educated, professional woman, trained in psychology, means to me, to expect her to behave as such. To expect her to act as a frail, young, unknowing, unexpecting teenager who had no idea what she was about to face, is, in my view, not treating her as she ought to be treated.
Certainly, once she made her move, she may have been flooded with unexpected emotions. But as a psychologist, I would think she should have known this was a possibility. She had 36 years to come to the decision to speak out and had enough knowledge and understanding to know she would have to buck up and do what was needed. It is time to stop the games. If you are going to go to battle, even knowing you are in the right, you know you will have to fight the fight. So take a deep breath, go out there and cooperate and get the job done, or make it clear once and for all you have changed your mind. No more talk of her needing more time. She has had 36 years.