Alice Snedden is a writer and comedian from Auckland who identifies as culturally Catholic and religiously agnostic.

Lately the news has been filled with revelations of sexual harassment and assault. Week by week, more and more powerful men are shown to have been sexual predators. The torrent of revelations will be a surprise to many — but those surprised will mostly be men. 

Alice Snedden reflects on how easy it is to ignore needy people as if they were invisible and what happened when she changed and related to them as real people.