The version of Kavanaugh now being cultivated from his past is that of a “frat boy” – a young man who relished in a culture of heavy drinking and where women were viewed as conquests. “The stakes here are not just about where we stand as a country in terms of a woman’s place in society, but also the future of Roe v Wade, the future of women’s autonomy over their reproductive lives,” said Jennifer Lawless, Commonwealth Professor of Politics at UVA.