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I was watching a TED talk about rape culture on youtube and scrolled down to look at the comments. One user had left a message talking about her experience with sexual assault, and how she was always afraid to tell anyone. Most of the replies were super supportive, but one person said that she was lying and wanted attention. That made me so angry – clearly they hadn’t even watched the video, because they were doing exactly what is done to many rape victims: their stories are discounted and it’s somehow ‘their fault’. I know they were probably just trying to instigate, but it still irritates me so much.