There's a culture of, 'Don't speak out, because I didn't speak out'. There's a sense that women have to keep quiet that speaking out can be a betrayal to the person accused, to the nation, to the political party.
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Rape always has to do with power. Where the alleged perpetrator is the former deputy president who has so much power it was clear to use that we need to have some kind of coordinated support for the claimant.
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It's being said that she's a slut ... that she's a thief of other women's husbands, that she did it for money.
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