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> Even though they were all dismissed, these three cases implied a pattern of harassment on my part. The other possible interpretation—that this was an organize
by sukilot 6y ago
> Even though they were all dismissed, these three cases implied a pattern of harassment on my part. The other possible interpretation—that this was an organized campaign to damage my reputation for reasons that had nothing to do with sexual harassment—was not considered.
He's missing the obvious "systems" answer -- the current culture is to investigate every suspicion, and human nature is to suspect that where is smoke there is fire. The drastically lower bar for investigation -- fine on its own, but then combined with the assumption that accusations likely have some merit (even if they are merely notifications, not accusations!), leads to "guilt by slippery slope".
It's the same thing that happens with "mandatory reporting" for child abuse, and the same thing that BLM and similar complain about with overstrict policing.