Sexual harassment

[BillyKaplan]

I'm sorry, but first off, this is nothing in this thread that should be remotely considered hilarious by any means.

This a billion times over.

A lot of people are not understanding that some people find it incredibly difficult to call law enforcement or help. This has less to do with common sense and more to do with people who are victims being unable, whether emotionally or rationally, to take those steps towards getting out of some situations.

I'm going to expand on that a bit. To certain demographics, calling law enforcement is a hazard in and of itself. People of color; immigrants; queer and transsexual people; and heaven forbid if you're a cross between any of those groups. How often do we hear stories of people of color in the US who called the police, only to be thought to be the culprits of the crime they were reporting? If not shot outright?
Telling people to call the authorities comes from a position of privilege many victims of abuse do not benefit from.

[Mixt]

I'm going to expand on that a bit. To certain demographics, calling law enforcement is a hazard in and of itself. People of color; immigrants; queer and transsexual people; and heaven forbid if you're a cross between any of those groups. How often do we hear stories of people of color in the US who called the police, only to be thought to be the culprits of the crime they were reporting? If not shot outright?
Telling people to call the authorities comes from a position of privilege many victims of abuse do not benefit from.

This is also something you need to worry about.

Abuse victim calls the police...too bad, the victim is a minority, the police responds by arresting her instead on the spot...or even outright putting a bullet in her head.

You try to escape the abuser, and then the police gets you instead because they are racist, homophobic, corrupt, or any combination of all three.

Rock and a hard place people.

For minorities there truly is no way out.

[Rubiss]

This is also something you need to worry about.

Abuse victim calls the police...too bad, the victim is a minority, the police responds by arresting her instead on the spot...or even outright putting a bullet in her head.

You try to escape the abuser, and then the police gets you instead because they are racist, homophobic, corrupt, or any combination of all three.

Rock and a hard place people.

For minorities there truly is no way out.

Oh lord. You took this to a whole new level. Now we're bringing race into this? The FFXIV online abused minorities. Just wow.

[Elamys]

Oh lord. You took this to a whole new level. Now we're bringing race into this? The FFXIV online abused minorities. Just wow.

Um, what? He's not "bringing race into it." Many minorities DO fear contacting the police. My god.

It's like you saw the word race and immediately jumped at the most incorrect conclusion possible.

[NephthysVasudan]

This is also something you need to worry about.

Abuse victim calls the police...too bad, the victim is a minority, the police responds by arresting her instead on the spot...or even outright putting a bullet in her head.

You try to escape the abuser, and then the police gets you instead because they are racist, homophobic, corrupt, or any combination of all three.

Rock and a hard place people.

For minorities there truly is no way out.

Writing works of fiction to scare people is also wrong.
There are so many things wrong with this I can't even begin to pick it apart.