Letters: Sexual power play

Apropos of “From Keeler to #metoo” (December 9), sexual predation is not unique to men just as being victims isn’t solely a women’s issue. Women can be as cruel and manipulative toward men and other women as men can be toward women and other men. The conviction of paedophile Mary Kay Letourneau for the rape of her 12-year-old student is a case in point.

Blaming one sex, thus, as intrinsically more predatory than the other ignores that both sexes are sometimes inclined to exploit the other. Fame, power and wealth are the ultimate aphrodisiacs. Both sexes can be guilty