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Uber Claimed It'd Protect Sexual Assault Victims, Instead It Wants To Know What They Were Wearing And Their Medical Histories
['Lalita Chemello']
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Most victims of sexual assault are hesitant to report their encounters to anyone, especially authorities, because of the blanket nonchalant attitudes surrounding assaults that typically shift attention towards how the victim's behavior somehow caused the crime.
The approach has left its victims feeling like coming forward was a mistake, as one Uber assault victim told the New York Times.
It's a complete 180 for the ridesharing company, which was once a champion for victims of sexual assault, touting how its services would protect them from those kinds of circumstances ever occurring.
But the Times, which earlier this year revealed that Uber received a sexual assault or misconduct report every 8 minutes, found the company isn't advocating for its victims.
A deep dive into its sexual assault problems uncovered the deeply disturbing antics Uber and its lawyers have instead employed against the survivors it said it'd protect.