The New York Court of Appeals, for example, recently held that evidence of rape trauma syndrome was admissible to guide the jury in understanding the initial refusal of a young rape victim to identify her assailant, even though she knew who he was. In a companion case, however, the court held that rape trauma evidence is not admissible when it is offered as proof that the incident more likely than not was rape. In a related case, the U.S. Court of Appeals held that sexually abusive language by male police officers to their female counterparts can be used as evidence to show a hostile working environment.