Justin Fairfax is not being Franken'd

[Ms. Toad]

23. So you would rather all of the Cosby victims remained silent?

How about Harvey Weinstein victims?

Your desire completely ignores the reality of rape survivor's experiences.

Many women choose not to report at all - because even when they report they are not believed (e.g. Fairfax's second victim who reported a prior rape to the appropriate college officials and was dumped to the curb - why on earth would she bother reporting the second campus rape?). Others want to put the experience behind them - and being involved in legal processes delays that for 6 months to more than a year - or even longer if the rapist cannot immediately be identified. Others fear retribution or harassment - I doubt I would report a second rape after my experience of abuse at the hands of the police, who picked the rapist up, scolded him, and let him go - emboldening him to harass me by phone for months (he found my phone number in my belongings after raping me).

Ultimately, sometimes years later, women are prompted to report to protect other women (part of the motivation for the Cosby and Weinstein survivors coming forward - very similar to both Tyson's and Watson's stated reasons for coming forward now).

If you are not a rape survivor, you need to be quiet and listen. A good start woudl be gto go back through #MeToo or #whyididnotreport hashtags on twitter. The disclosures in that period were powerful examples of exactly why women do not immediately (or ever) disclose.