Analysis of treatment of stalking victims

In a recent hearing in the US Supreme Court, the Justices made a mockery of stalking victims, according to the analysis of Mary Anne Franks who observes, among others:

The justices’ message was clear: Stalking is not the problem; sensitivity is. To them, stalking is quite literally a state of mind: If the stalker didn’t mean for his conduct to be frightening, then it isn’t. All the target has to do is understand that; she just needs to lighten up, take a joke, accept the compliment, grasp the lesson. Just because someone has made objectively terrifying statements is no reason to overreact and get law enforcement involved; victims should wait for the stalker to do something really frightening before they jump to conclusions.

Slate, Mary Anne Franks