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If you report an incident to the police and if they find evidence of sexual assault, what company or coworker is going to apologize for them or criticize you?
by grey-area 12y ago
If you report an incident to the police and if they find evidence of sexual assault, what company or coworker is going to apologize for them or criticize you?
Here's some examples of the sort of reaction you can expect from company and coworkers:
https://plus.google.com/+KellyEllis/posts/L4wawXpNt25 https://plus.google.com/+KellyEllis/posts/L4wawXpNt25
I personally don't know if I would have the bravery to go through all that for months or years on end during a trial - strangers questioning your motives and morals, whether you're a liar or fantasist, spewing bile about you in public forums etc etc, and many people you knew well and trusted remaining silent because they're worried about their career. At best you can expect grudging acceptance you had a case, but from most people it seems you'll hear that what happened is simply impossible.
Just look at all the posts on this very story on HN:
I have never observed anything like this, ever, whereas this seems to be commonplace in that strange parallel universe where these women are living.
I have never seen it
I really would like to better understand the specific scenario that led to being raped repeatedly "several times over months" by a colleague