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Hekate

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5. It's amazing how many at DU keep asking that question, no matter how many times sex-abuse survivors

Sun Feb 8, 2015, 06:57 PM

Feb 2015

...KEEP TELLING THEM, in words of one syllable, why we don't speak up until years later, and why just one person having the courage to speak up will give the others (and there are ALWAYS others) the courage to come forward as well.

My recommendation to you, forest, is to look up the Cosby files here at DU and pay attention to what women are saying.

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Former model accuses Cosby; he cancels Boston shows [View all] avaistheone1 Feb 2015 OP

15? Did they count that right? Initech Feb 2015 #1

30 by now. Apparently it was his "other career," & he was pretty good at it judging by how long he Hekate Feb 2015 #31

Post removed Post removed Feb 2015 #2

I don't know that you can make assumptions mzmolly Feb 2015 #4

He isnt blaming them for "being" victims rather he is blaming them for not cstanleytech Feb 2015 #23

Many victims mzmolly Feb 2015 #30

Victims should NEVER be blamed for not reporting. They're often afraid of their abuser pnwmom Feb 2015 #38

Wow, that's really quite a shitty attitude. eggplant Feb 2015 #8

If I am a victim of a crime cosmicone Feb 2015 #11

I find that disingenuous to say the least... PCIntern Feb 2015 #13

Cosby was not economically powerful back then. cosmicone Feb 2015 #16

That's bullshit. eggplant Feb 2015 #33

Those things can happen to christx30 Feb 2015 #21

I'd guess you are not a female who had to live in this society 30-40 years ago. Laurian Feb 2015 #17

I kept my silence about a close relative as a child,but when I finally spoke after 20 years.... Hekate Feb 2015 #32

Triggers, indeed. Even after all these years, reading dismissive and cavalier Laurian Feb 2015 #34

Hard to breathe CountAllVotes Feb 2015 #39

You are not thinking of the people who have reported people who do horrible crimes Jamastiene Feb 2015 #36

Mr. you don't get it. This was long ago, it is hard today demigoddess Feb 2015 #24

Exactly. Jamastiene Feb 2015 #37

But why wait 30 or 40 years to make the accusations public? forest444 Feb 2015 #3

It's amazing how many at DU keep asking that question, no matter how many times sex-abuse survivors Hekate Feb 2015 #5

We're guys Vic Tree Feb 2015 #9

Way to deflect the conversation & shame women into silence because someone's feelings might get hurt Hekate Feb 2015 #28

I'll do that forest444 Feb 2015 #15

c'mon "as if choreographed"?? Schema Thing Feb 2015 #20

Women are never believed. SunSeeker Feb 2015 #25

I'm old and I remember the world 30-40 years ago. Laurian Feb 2015 #6

Not just "easily dismissed", not even in the realm of possibility for someone of Cosby's status Lars39 Feb 2015 #12

Because that didn't happen, why do we keep having to explain things over and over and over? braddy Feb 2015 #7

You're not really implying LiberalElite Feb 2015 #10

Nobody wants to be the first. JohnnyRingo Feb 2015 #19

It's ok. I've read the replies, and never once felt piled on. forest444 Feb 2015 #22

The first police report against Cosby was filed in 2000 for a 1998 assault. braddy Feb 2015 #26

I see. Good to know. forest444 Feb 2015 #27

True, so often they leave us asking obvious questions that the reporting should have answered braddy Feb 2015 #29

Ok people, let's not blame the victims. truthisfreedom Feb 2015 #14

I also heard the show was canceled because of our treacherous snow storm. A major protest was also FailureToCommunicate Feb 2015 #18

Yeah, looks like about a foot by Tuesday. 47of74 Feb 2015 #35