There are certain moments in life when everything in our body tells us to run away from a situation but we still hesitate because we want to be polite. Maybe it’s a weird conversation with a glassy-eyed drunk we got trapped in at a fundraiser. Or a flirtation turned suddenly uncomfortable with some girl we met at a bar. We don’t want to hurt the feelings of strangers. We stay out of some bizarre (and overly trusting) Western societal norm. We afford the benefit of the doubt. Sometimes to those who have not earned it. In Speak No Evil, all kinds of instinctual alarms go off but no one is paying attention to their instinct. They’re playing right into the hands of societal expectation – and then they are exploited. Read More
