Another example from my facebook feed on why a woman might want to remain anonymous or not report at all:
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I (quietly) accused someone of assaulting me (he was probably too drunk to remember even doing it) and everyone pulled the "he said/she said, we're Switzerland" argument. I lost half my friends because I didn't feel safe entering his world anymore, and he lost nothing because that's how it works. You lose if you don't come forward, you lose when you do. This notion of hysterical revenge accusations is so... frustrating. It doesn't take two sober IQ points to click together to know that isn't how it's going to play out. The only thing that made me do it was realizing it wasn't my secret to hold.
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