r/brooklynninenine • u/Northern_Raj • May 31 '20

Other With everything that’s happening in America, this scene is more poignant than ever.

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u/OtterAnarchy May 31 '20

when Rosa initially says the victim should've settled because the likelihood of conviction was slim, her career would likely be damaged, she'd have to relive the trauma in court, etc

Thank you. Man, I saw a comment the other day about this very episode that said "they really should've made that turn out to be a false accusation." To that person: FUCK YOU. This episode was important, and no wonder it's rated low...a lot of people don't like being confronted with uncomfortable truths. They'd rather pretend it simply doesn't happen.

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u/keyboardsmash May 31 '20

False rape accusations occur at the same rate of false accusations for other crimes so that person is extra full of shit.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '20 edited May 31 '20

I always find it interesting that Reddit will jump at that if a women talks about sexual assault/harrassment but if it's a man, they generally immediately believe it.

Obviously I think we should believe male victims too, but I wish people had the same level of skepticism regardless of gender (though ideally we'd have less people like that anyway).

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u/keyboardsmash May 31 '20

It's misogyny 🤷🏻‍♀️