Here's a true story, according to my ex:
My ex, who is french, had very 'liberal/progressive' mother who wanted to show how non-racist she was by inviting some young maghrebian men into their home, where they were seated on the sofe next to her daughter, who was I think in her early teens at that time. When one of this fellows proceded to a little bit molest her, complete with her protestations, her mother did ..... nothing, and pretended it wasn't happening.
Needless to say my ex was not best pleased with her mother for this, and she has to carry the memory of this abuse, which would have happened some time in the 1980s, through her life. Some might think, even if they dare not say it in polite society, that this is quite the portender for what would come to pass.