I will give you some foundation to stand on that women and men do have a hard time reporting some instances of assault. It's not an uncommon practice, but this case is an exception. Brown has to watch what he does or he *will* end up in prison. It's not like he got off with nothing. He has to lose his pride as he scrubs graffiti off walls and picks up trash in the street. He has to take monitored piss tests to make sure he's clean. He can't have more than a speeding ticket or will violate the terms of his probation. So basically he's in a small prison without walls.
Certainly, some men will retaliate against a woman for reporting him.. but what difference does it make if the man who will do that goes to prison? He'll only learn new tricks, find more hatred and then carry out the retaliation at a later date. I think it's safe to say that Brown won't be doing any sort of retaliation.
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