I think that there are damn few easy answers, especially in a rape culture where victims are NEVER believed ANYWAY.
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Whisper networks, vigilantism, etc. are SYMPTOMS of a larger problem, which is the total failure of systems to protect people.
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There's a guy in Seattle who just made news the other day, who's been raping women for years and his entire social circle knew.
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Several of those women went to cops and literally NOTHING ever came of it. They were ostracized by their community and it
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...DIDN'T EVEN HELP ANYTHING. Dude just kept on raping people with ZERO consequences. What does that say about "speaking up"?
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It says to me, at least "Start yelling louder and take to the streets!" But then again, I'm impatient. And not scared to die.
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I know. It'd be my choice, too. But it's not everybody's, and those choices are rational ones too, you know? Sad as that is.
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If we want vulnerable people to speak up, we have to create conditions where it's SAFE for them to do so.
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I don't know what safe means for others, and as an extremist, my idea of "safe" is far out of bounds of the status quo tbh.
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Agreed! heh. I don't know how to define that for others, so I don't know how to create it for them. Hence, working on ethics.
Jun 11, 2016 · 11:54 PM UTC
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