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to wonder if #metoo / #timesup etc will go too far?

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MrsDub · 11/01/2018 18:10

Realise this is a can of worms but genuinely interested in where my perspective sits in the spectrum (career HR professional & several time veteran of blatant, rampant, tribunal-established sexism/racism in the workplace, to-date ultra sympathetic to the cause).

Starting to worry that the burgeoning (for want of a better phrase) mob mentality (black dresses, Oprah, revisionist criticism of e.g. "Friends") is going to silence voices from the moderate middle ground. I don't want a world where the roles reverse, so where does it stop, and who says so? Feels right now that there's huge momentum behind everyone's agreement that things need to change, but very little in the way of welcome, open debate about how best it might?

(If MN's bored already I'll write to my MP Blush)

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Emilybrontescorsett · 12/01/2018 18:30

I understand your frustration when victims decide not to testify but the problem then is in the system.
I have a male friend who was attacked. He decided to press charges. To cut a long story short after being paid a home visit by friends of the attacker who mentioned his wife and children, he took the decision to drop gene charges.
I don't blame him. His attacker remained unpunished, however this is not the fault of the victim. Victims consider the wider picture.
With regards to the ops examples often victims will not be promoted or will have to face other men and their anger at such an outspoken woman.

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