When Inconsistency Is Misread: Epistemic Coercion and Survivor Credibility
A survivor corrects the date. What she first remembered as the 14th was actually the 15th. She pauses before answering another question, checks a screenshot, then qualifies something she said earlier. By the end of the interview, the notes may include words such as hesitant, uncertain, inconsistent or overly reliant on documentation. Those observations may …