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192. Women at Work & The Episode That Wasn’t with Sarah Spain

We Can Do Hard Things

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The Just World Ideology

The just world ideology is the idea that if we do everything right, nothing bad should happen to us. And it's the main reason that people victim blame. I was doing a story on Larry Nassar, the awful abuser at Michigan State. People were asking questions about 13 and 14 year old girls that he had abusedAbout what were they wearing or doing or why didn't they know any better. That's fascinating to think about the viewing sexism and harassment as something that is avoidable are almost a self-defense mechanism.

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