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It is difficult to push my husband over the edge of civility and into open hostility but Sharon Presley succeeded, as his post at the top of my blog demonstrates. It has taken about 3 decades of character assassination against me but she has also succeeded with me as well. There are things that decent human beings do not do. One of them is going after the family of a 'rival'. Another is going after her marriage.

I have never before spoken out on the sexual slander of me on a public forum in which George H. Smith and Sharon Presley were moving forces and voices. It happened four years ago and lasted for about 6 months...although its form altered over time. Specifically, posts that went over the line and made the poster look 'bad' were deleted or reworked. Fortunately, Brad carefully preserved every post so they are available, if needed.

Oddly, the sexual slander did not include the charge of adultery (tho' Brad seems to remember a strange reference); I imagine even they believe it is too absurd and baseless to be believed. Many of George's stories and Sharon's subsequent cooing about "his fabulous sex life" revolve around nude photos of me and other women that George collected and used to pass around in sex sessions with others, especially male friends. As I said, I've never spoken of this because I don't think it is anyone's business but, if the whole matter is to be stirred up again, then I refuse to be silent.

Shortly after our disassociation in 1988, I was assured by Mr. Smith that he destroyed the nude photos of me taken during our relationship. I had demanded their return. After I became a pest, he told me his thumb was blistered from the effort of taking scissors to them as a prelude to burning them in a glass ashtray. Lo and behold, in speaking with another woman whose naked photos he also trotted out to the sexual entertainment of guys for the next 15-20 years, he had told her exactly the same thing...blisters, glass ashtray and all. He always said that the way to make a lie believable was to believe it yourself, and attention to detail was the key. George used the photos along with bizarre stories to do as much damage as possible to my reputation at conferences and in other libertarian venues.

Let me be clear. Claims that I encouraged or even consent to the circulation of the photos are 100% false; they are the polar opposite of the truth. Two of the other women were also mortified by the passing of their nude photos around to men (and some women) for their sexual satisfaction. One betrayed friend said of George, "he is raping me." Not physically, of course, but psychologically. I can only suppose the control and violation was a large part of the thrill. When the photos disappeared, apparently stolen and destroyed, another former girlfriend told me of her extreme relief. I cannot and do not speak for all of the women because I have not spoken to them all but *I* never consented, I always sought the destruction of those wretched things. BTW, I do not think less of *myself* for them but I do think less of every single person who engaged in those decades of sick sex sessions.

I was willing to ignore the past as long as it did not reoccur but it seemed poised to do so through Sharon and an "anonymous" poster at an online forum which I now consider to be "home". I do not seek out either George or Sharon, I avoid them, but I also solemnly vowed to myself to never again accept sexual slander without setting the record straight. Fortunately, I have a husband who knows me inside-out and stands beside me in all things. So this is not difficult for me.

What Sharon calls George's "fabulous sex life" is built on vicious lies, the sexual victimization of women, a primitive form or revenge porn, and exploitation. Is that your form of feminism, Sharon?