From the letter, it looks like the daughter was doing everything "right." She wasn't being provocative or doing anything dangerous. She was just spending time in a public place with a friend, which is a perfectly reasonable thing to do. I don't see a problem with this.
There's a point where expressing concern becomes concern trolling. From my perspective, LW's friend has passed that point. It's one thing to express concern to a parent when the child is actually doing something dangerous. It's another thing to create a problem where there was minimal danger in the first place.
Sexual assault is a serious matter, and this friend has used the implication of it as an excuse to make a girl's life more difficult. It looks like Harriet fell for it hook, line, and sinker.
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There's a point where expressing concern becomes concern trolling. From my perspective, LW's friend has passed that point. It's one thing to express concern to a parent when the child is actually doing something dangerous. It's another thing to create a problem where there was minimal danger in the first place.
Sexual assault is a serious matter, and this friend has used the implication of it as an excuse to make a girl's life more difficult. It looks like Harriet fell for it hook, line, and sinker.