A reader writes: “I agree that it is important that we continue to shield women from having their identities in the media. However, in Bermuda (where I currently live) they take it a step further. In sexual abuse cases, including rape, neither the victim or the accused can be named in the media. Only when the suspect is convicted can they release his (or her) name. The victim’s name remains off-limits. I think that is a smart way to go. There are few worse things than being raped. Being falsely accused of rape, however, must also be horrible.”

I suspect there is something about U.S. media culture, especially when celebrities are involved, that would make this untenable, but an interesting, and probably laudable approach nonetheless.