Victim-blaming in Starbucks case

We’ve linked to this story previously: A teen and her family are suing Starbucks after she was harassed and assaulted on the job by her boss, who demanded sex from her. (She was 16, he was 24.)

There’s lots to discuss obviously, but I just wanted to highlight something the teen, Kati Moore, said the article’s accompanying video – she’s responding to Starbuck’s claims that this was her fault.

“Because I had had sex prior to working at Starbucks, then obviously that means I was okay with it.”

This makes me want to bat the Starbucks people over the head with my book. I just think the quote is so telling; it speaks volumes about what Moore is hearing from lawyers, etc, about her case.