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There are many many reasons why women don't report rapes to the police.

• littletimmy 12y ago
  Look. That's fine. But one cannot complain about a problem all the while ignoring the main solution system that we have to address that very problem. The alternative is what many feminists seem to be doing these days, which is "I wish men were nicer..." That is borderline stupid. The world will never be a perfectly safe place. You have to report crimes, and hold people accountable, and use the mechanism for corrective justice.
  • tomlock 12y ago
    The solution system that you've recognized is also recognized by many, many women. Are you suggesting that the woman writing this piece was not aware of that system?
  • jackweirdy 12y ago
    > But one cannot complain about a problem all the while ignoring the main solution system that we have to address that very problem. Disagree: That’s exactly what whistleblowing is.
    • rqvgjcfm 12y ago
      Whistleblowing is providing concrete facts that would hold up to scrutiny, outside the system that they should be reported.
  • frandroid 12y ago
    Reporting a rape to police is not a "main solution". What does this "resolve"? The rape will not be undone. The victim will be re-victimized multiple times: at their current and future workplaces (see "becoming a liability"); at the police station, when she is interrogated and her account is doubted; in court, when there is prosecution, and her account is doubted again; possibly in court again, when a non-guilty verdict is delivered; etc. That's a lot of downsides to this "main solution". Anyway, the problem is not just sexual assaults, but rape culture. Reporting rapes to police does not end rape culture. Changing the culture does, and that's what this article is challenging us to do.