I canβt tell you how often I tell parents at work that crying alone doesnβt constitute an emergency. Donβt ignore a child in distress, but also donβt cave immediately to any kind of tears just to make it stop because you hate when someone is mad at you.
in truth, part of this is the people generally are terrified of conflict in any form. when they meet resistance they get scared and give up. itβs the same fear that makes them passive aggressive friends, doormats in relationships, and unable to stand up for themselves at work.
If the only consequence someone faces for participating in gang rape is public disapproval, the public should disapprove loudly and often. That chant following him barn to barn and reminding everyone that heβs the scum of the earth is the only tiny shred of justice available.
Sexual assault charges aren't shooting an airball. It's not shoplifting crab legs from the store. It's a life-altering trauma for the victim, not an embarrassing mistake by the perp. "No means no" chants reduce what happened to the us vs them of sports https://t.co/tQPB8NGugF