Keels
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- Feb 27, 2008
Indeed, maybe going to the media was an attempt to do it anonymously and protect the victims.
Look at the woman who first spoke out against Sen. Al Franken ... she spoke publicly, eloquently and strongly enough that it left little doubt that she was harassed and assaulted, or at minimum that her feelings that her behavior towards her were harassment and assault were justified. But, of course, she was drug through the mud in the court of public opinion after she spoke up - from her history as a Playboy Playmate to other transgressions she may have made earlier in her life, none of which would ever make her deserve to be treated the way she was.
To endure the behavior is awful enough ... but to have to go through the victim-shaming and other things that ultimately follow - regardless of situation - is just too much. And that's terrible, but that's also how our society is now. Women can be viewed as lesser individuals and victim-blaming/victim-shaming is a real thing.