This NY TIMES article lists 5 bad reasons people may give for not believing someone who claims she was sexually attacked. Many readers here will know how to defuse some or all of them, but the article contains some useful info. One thing stressed is that expectations about how a victim should react are often faulty.
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Thanks, Anne, for posting. I assigned Barry Lopez’s Harper’s article a few years ago, and it really resonated with students.
https://harpers.org/archive/2013/01/sliver-of-sky/
Jackie, that is a remarkable piece. I should think many victims could be helped by it.