“Sexual violence happens on a spectrum, and I think that accountability should happen on a spectrum as well.”— Tarana Burke, yesmagazine.orgTagged: MeToo, #metoo, Sexual Assault Victims, Sexual Assault Survivors, Rape Culture
“The gray area is really important to talk about because so many of us live in the gray area. People talk a lot about how men are confused about consent and they don’t know if they should touch this or touch that, or ask.”— Tarana Burke, yesmagazine.orgTagged: MeToo, #metoo, Sexual Assault Victims, Sexual Assault Survivors, Rape Culture
“This iteration in social media has placed a larger focus on perpetrators being called out and held accountable for their actions. But the actual Me Too movement is about supporting sexual assault survivors.”— Tarana Burke, yesmagazine.orgTagged: MeToo, #metoo, Sexual Assault Victims, Sexual Assault Survivors, Rape Culture
“We need to be inundating these children with the idea that consent is the way of life. Yes, you do have to ask to touch somebody.”— Tarana Burke, yesmagazine.orgTagged: Consent, Sexual Respect, Me Too
“That’s actually the most problematic part here. All of this media attention is on the perpetrator.”— Tarana Burke, yesmagazine.orgTagged: Me Too, Media Biases