What the Andrew Cuomo report says about those around the governor
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What's most striking to me about the attorney general's report is not its depiction of Cuomo, writes Deborah Tuerkheimer, it's what it reveals about those around him and their ways of dismissing the women who came forward that is maddeningly familiar.
What's most striking to me about the report is not its depiction of Cuomo, who has denied the allegations. It's what the report reveals about those around him and their ways of dismissing the women who came forward that is maddeningly familiar. In the hundreds of conversations I've had with survivors of sexual assault and harassment over the years, these survivors describe a dynamic that is commonplace and patterned. I call it "credibility discounting," and it happens as a matter of course to those who lack social power in relation to their abuser.More Related News