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Re:Reflecting on one very, very strange year at Uber by edent on Monday February 20, 2017 @05:38AM (#13686165)
Imagine, just for a moment that it was your boss harassing you. They have the power to fire you, or make your life hell.

Now imagine that they are physically stronger than you. There is a high likelihood of them being able to over-power you.

Now imagine you live in a culture where rape cases are rarely prosecuted and, when they are, rarely successful.

Now imagine that you also live in a culture which refuses to condemn the few men which are convicted.

Now imagine that, even if your physically stronger boss is successfully convicted of raping you - there will still be a section of people who think that you were, somehow, asking for it.

Wouldn't you take that seriously?

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Re:Reflecting on one very, very strange year at Uber by patricius on Monday February 20, 2017 @06:23AM (#13686405)
If all those things were true, an HR department might not be able to help you in any case. An HR department doesn't make you physically stronger. They do not have control over the culture in general, and do not prosecute rape cases. They do not control the minds of people that may think you were asking for it.
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