#NeedsMoreLikes

[Nightflyer]

Two posts that need all the likes:

https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/npr-s-top-news-editor-faces-multiple-sexual-harassment-claims/110219/123?u=nightflyer

NPR’s top news editor faces multiple sexual harassment claims

All of the fear, extra scrutiny and skepticism that women face when coming forward after being harassed or assaulted directly discourages reporting and keeps women silent and afraid. There are. People don’t believe victims of sexual assault because it’s simply easier not to. But it also goes deeper than laziness or loyalty. The widespread disbelief of rape has a complicated history but a relatively simple cause: People don’t believe women. The idea that rape is a crime against a woman, and …