I think an often overlooked issue is that we don't always create a safe enough environment for women who ask for help and support after experiencing harassment. Being dismissed, ridiculed, threatened with career ending consequences and even further harassed seems to be a big obstacle for many women who are willing to report inappropriate or criminal behavior. I just read that Jennifer Lawrence was told that she was perfectly "fu**able" after she had complained she had been called fat I don't care how thick skinned you are, eventually you will give up the fight and suffer jn silence which emboldens these jerks further.
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