But do not confuse weakness and vulnerability. It is not weak to share your pain. Sharing pain takes vulnerability. To be vulnerable takes deep strength.
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Quotes tagged ‘Sexual Assault’
The fact that Donald Trump has been accused by more than a dozen women of sexual assault and sexual harassment alone has infuriated women enough to do something that they might otherwise have not done. Taking the risk to actually run for office.
In filing their suit, they hope to not only compel Dartmouth to implement policies that would combat sexual misconduct, but also to shine a light on the discrimination against women and minorities that pervades academic sciences.
Mistletoe is not an excuse for sexual assault.
Sexual norms need to change, and not just by telling women to more forcibly combat unwanted advances.
I am so tired of this constant parade of pain.
Despite everything we know about the prevalence of sexual assault and harassment, women are still not believed. Their experiences are still minimized. And the male perpetrators of these crimes are given all manner of leniency.
Writing so publicly about my sexual assault has changed the way I date.
You are not overreacting. You are not being hysterical. You are seeing another example of just how little respect and care we give to survivors. This is traumatizing.
The message of Kavanaugh’s threats was clear: If he wasn’t safe, then no one was.
I believe survivors. Those who can and do come forward, and those who cannot or do not choose to. I stand behind Anita Hill, Christine Ford, Deborah Ramirez, Julie Swetnick and all of those whose names I do not know. And I’m eager for this conversation, and the action it inspires, to broaden and dee…
Some say a man shouldn’t pay a price for an act he committed as a teenager. But the woman pays the price for the rest of her life, and so do the people who love her.
To look into the eyes of a vulnerable person is to see yourself as you might be. It’s a more harrowing experience than one might readily admit.
I'm done with his 'edgy but honest' act. I'm not buying it.
Either he is completely oblivious (which means his “long time to listen” has not nearly been long enough) or he is smirking and rolling his eyes after waiting in a time-out for as long as seemed necessary from a PR standpoint.
Sexual violence does not happen in a vacuum and victims do not suffer in a vacuum. First, a perpetrator commits an unspeakable act, then individuals and organizations embolden perpetrators & discredit the victim by creating an alternate narrative of disbelief and doubt.
Perpetrators commit the sexual assault, yet the victims are the ones punished, discredited, and questioned.
If there's more, we will deal with them when they come.
Had he waited for my consent, we may have hit it off. But he didn’t, and we didn’t.
In the post-Weinstein world, so much changed. And yet, so much hasn’t.