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If you work at a tech-company, you might think, "oh, that happens at Uber, but not here".

It almost certainly does.

One of the easiest things men can do to help is collect those stories anonymously, curate them, and share them broadly. (For example: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-23/at-google...) Women shouldn't have to bear the brunt of the burden of making the majority believe them.



> Women shouldn't have to bear the brunt of the burden of making the majority believe them.

Accusers always bear the burden of providing evidence.

What people need to do is actually reserve their judgement. There's no need to choose sides when it's two people's words against each other.

For a victim, it's great to speak up, even with no evidence, in the event that there is a pattern and other may speak as well, like with what's happened with Bill Cosby. But if you have no evidence, people shouldn't just believe you but they also shouldn't call you a liar.

The rush to judgement is toxic.




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