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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gradine" data-source="post: 8733726" data-attributes="member: 57112">I would challenge you to re-frame how you consider this statement. The reason has little to nothing to do with "embarrassment" and everything to do with the intense scrutiny that comes from reporting specifically sexual violence. Part of this is sadly understandable, given the way our justice system is organized (in many ways rightly). But there's way more to it:(1) Sexual violence is inherently traumatic; all violence is, true, but having to relive that trauma time and time again in a judicial situation is extremely hard on its own(2) There is also the fact that survivors of sexual violence almost always face far more intense scrutiny than survivors of other types of violence. People who are shot or stabbed are not often dragged through the mud repeatedly for having "asked for it".(3) And that's just the scrutiny faced directly in the criminal justice system; sexual violence survivors also face intense scrutiny, up to and including additional threats of violence, from outside factors, especially via social media and especially when the perpetrator is someone with a great deal of social cache, which is very often the caseCouple all of that intensified scrutiny, shaming, blaming, denigration, and threats with that first point about constant re-traumatization, and you can see that "embarassment" is likely the absolute least of concerns.</blockquote>