Some protesters are wondering why OWS can’t be a little less rapey….
Occupy Boston: Where’s the Empathy?
I have been sexually assaulted in my life. Moreover, I have a young daughter. I learned retroactively that people within Occupy Boston knew of the presence of a Level 3 sex offender (convicted for raping and abusing 2 different children) at the encampment and did not share that information until after the camp was torn down. My daughter had interactions with this person.
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After recent events, where the Occupy Boston community was unwilling to withdraw support from a man who had been violent toward others and who threatened me while I was facilitating a General Assembly - causing me to announce over the microphone that I was not able to maintain the neutral role of facilitator because he had done so - I have no reason to trust that this community is concerned about the physical and emotional well-being of it’s members. They may talk about concern, but they don’t enact care.