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The Jane Doe in the Cornell seven case is getting threats | Arwa Mahdawi
Every time a story about a woman being raped becomes headline news, the same pattern repeats without fail If she really was raped, why didn’t she speak up earlier? Why did she get drunk? Why was she wearing such a short skirt? Why did she walk home by herself? God, it’s exhausting, isn’t it? Every time a story about a woman being raped becomes headline news, the same pattern repeats without fail. People accuse the woman of asking for it. They question her motives; they scrutinize her looks; the…
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