She has internalised misogyny, that's why she's defensive. A lot of women have it, I had it and still catch myself thinking misogynistic thoughts about women. It's a work in progress, but I am trying.
It's understandable in a way: it's a painful and very scary thing to realise that the majority of men bear attitudes to women that put women at an economic, social, and emotional disadvantage at best and in physical danger at worst. So many people thinks that Epstein and Pelicot and Weinstein and Trump are outliers, but this abusive behaviour isn't confined to the top or a few powerful men or some deviants. It's at every level of society because it is maintained and protected at every level. Across every socioeconomic class, men protect one another and the systems that shield them. This happens in families, schools, workplaces, courts, hospitals, churches, government, and our homes. The scale may change, but the behaviour never does. And they don't protect each other out of loyalty or brotherhood. They do it out of self-interest. Every man understands, consciously or not, that the system protecting other men is the same system that could one day protect him. And most are not horrified by the abuse. In fact, some are jealous that they lack the wealth and access to take their desires that far.
This is the hardest part for most women to accept. It doesn’t make sense because even on your worst day, your most broken, angry, resentful day, you would not fathom anything like this. You could not do this to another person. You would never trade someone else’s body, mind, safety, or childhood for pleasure, status, or power.
So some women would really much rather believe that Epstein and co are outliars, and that women are exaggerating about the abuse they receive at the hands of men at every echelon in society. Because otherwise they would have to see the truth, and it's frightening.