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MineralMan

(146,288 posts)
9. That culture needs to be changed.
Fri Oct 27, 2017, 10:52 AM
Oct 2017

It has needed to be changed for a long, long time. When it comes to this type of offense, I can find few reasons not to believe someone who reports that it has happened to her. Clearly, many women are reluctant to report such incidents. There are many reasons for that, so that, alone, makes me more inclined to believe someone who does report it.

I cannot personally imagine ever doing such a thing, but I can certainly imagine many men I know doing it. If a woman tells me that a particular man has sexually harassed or assaulted her, she's almost certainly telling me the truth. I will believe her, in almost every case. I have no reason not to. The better I know the reporter, the more likely I will be to believe.

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