When Twohey pushed back on this logic, suggesting that Rotunno was continuing to place the burden of safety on women and potential victims in general. Rotunno said the burden of risk “should rest equally”.

“I’m saying women need to be very clear about their intentions,” she said. “I think women need to be very prepared for the circumstances they put themselves in, and I think absolutely women should take on equal risk that men are taking on. And the responsibility should be equal as well.”

She added that, if she were a man in today’s world, before she engaged in any sexual behaviour with any women, she would ask them to sign a consent form first. “I’m being dead serious,” she said. “Because how easy is it for two people to engage in behaviour and a day later, two days later, five days later, 27 years later, somebody says ‘you know what, that’s not what that was’? Why not take all the of the question out of it and make it easier on everybody?”

The silence from Twohey spoke volumes. Rotunno appears to be saying that women can choose not to be victims of sexual assault by not making themselves “vulnerable”, whatever that means, which sounds a lot like victim-blaming to us.

Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer just placed the burden of not being assaulted on victims, and that’s unacceptable