Why Women Don't Report: The Cornell 7, #IAmJaneDoe and the Freeze Response
From Warrior Forward: The Podcast · 26:07
Show by Kimberly Sweeney Walsh
When a journalist asked the internet to help him find out who Jane Doe was, women answered by all becoming her. Then they started telling their own stories. Every time a case like the Cornell 7 breaks, the first question is "why didn't she say something?" I think it's the wrong question. This week I'm asking a different one: what's actually happening in the body of a woman who can't tell, and what happens to the ones who do? Harassment is a blatant act of entitlement. And so is rape. The reasons don't matter, but the fact it's still happening does. In this episode: Why I think the ketamine and frat house conversation lets everybody off the hook What #IAmJaneDoe actually built, and why women are suddenly telling stories they've held for decades Unwanted is unwanted: why extreme assault starts long before it happens The great American excuse machine, and the adults who keep it running Fight, flight, freeze and fawn, and why fawn is the one that gets women called liars Why the body stores trauma in pieces, and what shame does to a woman who wants to speak up The ranking system that files harassment under "not that bad" What it leaves behind, from the school hallway to the corner office Two sentences worth borrowing, one for the kid in your house and one for yourself Content note: This episode discusses sexual harassment and sexual assault. Referenced in this episode: Cornell 7 lawsuit and reopened investigation (PBS News) Cornell agrees to an independent probe (NPR) The #IAmJaneDoe movement (Katie Couric Media) Tonic immobility during sexual assault, Möller et al. 2017 (ScienceDaily) Reporting statistics (RAINN) Warrior Forward Substack IG: https://www.instagram.com/warriorforward/?hl=en
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