• rekabis@programming.dev
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    1 month ago

    Counterpoint: https://archive.ph/s0bTd

    And she only got caught because she went to the police. Most accusations are only meant to destroy careers, so never come close to anything even remotely investigative. HR washes their hands of the man, (usually) blackballs him in the industry, and never tries to find out anything more beyond the woman’s accusation.

    Cherry on top:

    As for the good Samaritan, he says the incident has deterred him from helping a young woman ever again.

    Men are seeing incidents like this, and learning by example before painful experience hammers it home.

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      1 month ago

      The article is 7 years old. That’s how far you have to go back to find an example