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Comment by jimbokun | Hacker News Reader

She did fight back, told HR about what was happening, stood up to the abusers in meetings. Then when she was physically handled and verbally threatened in a meeting with many eye witnesses, nothing was done to support her or protect her.

What else do they expect her to do? Bring a weapon to work and shoot everyone?

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I took their comments to mean directly to the abuser in a more aggressive way than "please stop" or even "that's not appropriate."

But you're right: in any adult, rational sense she "fought back."

Because everyone knows that being aggressive back to your abuser is an easy, viable option.

I don't think the comment you're pointing to is saying that she should have done more, but that others in the company should have; that to expect her to have done more is lacking in empathy for the difficulty of the situation she is in.

Umm.... so nevermind your hyperbole about bringing a gun... Maybe he was referring to the other female employees we've heard were too afraid to speak up? The ones mentioned say... here?

> Other female employees who were his seniors often discussed in private about his lewd comments and sexist behavior but no one was ever brave enough to complain to the senior management and HR because the management is known to ignore the complaints and many times punish the women by accidentally leaking the names of the women over private chat groups.

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