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In reply to the discussion: I believe Vanessa Tyson for a couple of reasons. One of which is... [View all]EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)press charges against him even though she still can is NOT victim blaming.
Now if I had reason to think that, right now, she is afraid or unwilling to press charges because she doesn't want to be exposed or isn't emotionally capable of dealing with the situation and I criticized her for not pressing charges, THAT might be "victim blaming.""
But when a woman publicly comes forward, hires a law firm and public affairs consultant and then issues a public statement that she puts out to the entire world, providing intricate details of a sexual assault she says was committed by a man she names publicly, the normal reasons for not pressing charges don't hold water and asking if she plans to formally charge him with a crime so that she can get justice or he can clear his name is NOT "victim blaming."