“There is no shame in being a victim of sexual violence. Shame belongs to the perpetrator alone.”— Dani Bostick, twitter.com
“Perpetrators are the real criminals, yet survivors often feel as if they have done something wrong, burdened by a sense of shame and the horrors of their past. If you feel that way, know that none of this is your fault.”— Dani Bostick, twitter.com
“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.”— Dani Bostick, twitter.com
“Exactly what abusers do: committing acts they think no one will talk about and delivering blows they think no one will see.”— Mimi Kramer, thecut.com
“You do realize now the women you so heartlessly abused over such a long period of time are now a force, and you are nothing.”— Aly Raisman, deadspin.com
“It’s quite simple, all who have worked with known predators should do 3 simple things. 1) Believe survivors 2) Apologize for putting your careers and wallets before what was right. 3) Grab a spine and denounce. If you do not do these things you are still moral cowards.”— Rose McGowan, twitter.com
“If I seem merciless, it's because I am. Mercy is reserved for the deserving, not the perpetrator.”— Rose McGowan, twitter.com
“For the first and last time in my career, I had a nervous breakdown: My body began to shake uncontrollably, my breath was short and I began to cry and cry, unable to stop, as if I were throwing up tears. It was not because I would be naked with another woman. It was because I would be naked with her…”— Salma Hayek, nytimes.com
“Little did I know it would become my turn to say no. No to opening the door to him at all hours of the night, hotel after hotel, location after location, where he would show up unexpectedly, including one location where I was doing a movie he wasn’t even involved with. No to me taking a shower with…”— Salma Hayek, nytimes.com
“Once we started filming, the sexual harassment stopped but the rage escalated. We paid the price for standing up to him nearly every day of shooting.”— Salma Hayek, nytimes.com
“I think it is because we, as women, have been devalued artistically to an indecent state, to the point where the film industry stopped making an effort to find out what female audiences wanted to see and what stories we wanted to tell.”— Salma Hayek, nytimes.com
“According to a recent study, between 2007 and 2016, only 4 percent of directors were female and 80 percent of those got the chance to make only one film. In 2016, another study found, only 27 percent of words spoken in the biggest movies were spoken by women. And people wonder why you didn’t hear ou…”— Salma Hayek, nytimes.com
“People were saying, “You should have beat him up.” I’m like, “Why is no one questioning him?” No one questions the predator. The person who is doing the harassment doesn’t even get a question. You know why? Because they just expect it.”— Terry Crews, time.com
“Of course it's worse when the sexual harasser or assailant is a man you thought was one of the good ones.”— Jill Filipovic, twitter.com
“The problem isn’t men and women being alone together, it’s abusive men and their communities that look the other way. I find 'solutions' like these so troubling because they’re based on the idea that the only thing stopping men from harassing is opportunity.”— Jessica Valenti, twitter.com
“I worked at a mall throughout college. Let me tell you, you have to be one serious fucking creep to get mall security to do something about it.”— Jessica Valenti, twitter.com
“Child pornography, wherever it exists, creates a market for abuse. No, you can't "argue" that it does not impose risks, because it does.”— Ian Miles Cheong, twitter.com
“Your periodic reminder that sexual predators often purposely create an overtly feminist public persona. They loudly call themselves allies. They insinuate themselves into the feminist scene. They befriend prominent feminists. They make movies about rape culture. Predators pretending to be feminists…”— Anne Thériault, twitter.com