It is not helpful to elaborate the important stories of women talking about harassment to generate lies. Nor is it respectful to those women. So don't do that.
This:
Bora and I were walking in the same direction and chatting, a bit tipsy, when he asked me if I would walk him back to his hotel. I lost my breath for a second. I froze and stuttered, “No, I have to go.”
does not equal this:
Friends of @boraz, how do we justify a request to go to his hotel room? Innocent hugging? https://t.co/jGWffWMGQQ
— Dr. Isis (@drisis) October 16, 2013
So we start by getting the facts straight. The facts are fine the way they are, the story stands on its own without the middle school antics.
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