π§© BND Motif Index Β· M481
Naming the problem
A wrong that everyone experienced but no one could name is finally given a word, and naming it makes it possible to fight.
πͺ¨ BeliefsποΈ Abuse and silence
- 1claim filed under it
- 1fact-checker
β οΈ A story people tell, not a claim that it's true.
A motif is the shape of a story as its tellers tell it, named the way a folklorist names a tale type, so the same story told about other people, by the other side or in another year lands in the same place. Some of the claims below are true, many are false. Arguing against a story is often a story of its own, its answer (Voter fraud is answered by Voter suppression, Lawfare by No one is above the law), and we file it there; where no answer has a motif yet, the arguments against a story sit with its tellings.
π§Ά Its claims
what's been told in this shape, newest first, in our words, with where each was heard
- 2026-10-06 βFemale Cornell employees coined the term 'sexual harassment' in 1975 after one resigned due to sexual harassment by her boss.β π Snopes
M481 Β· first seen 2026-10-06 Β· what this is Β· how the index works