We still live in a world where people -including women- nitpick women for their personal choices — what they wear, whether they worship, whet
We still live in a world where people –including women– nitpick women for their personal choices —
what they wear,
whether they worship,
whether they marry,
whether they have children,
how they heal,
even how they protect themselves.
Meanwhile, violent choices — especially by men, and most especially by white or powerful men — are treated as missteps, tragedies, or complicated situations.
The harm they cause is softened with excuses,
while women are cross-examined for existing.
Accountability remains uneven.
Women are told to explain, defend, or shrink,
while those who abuse power are often handed microphones, second chances, wealth, and more power.
We must stop calling women’s self-determination controversial
and start calling violence what it is: a choice.
A choice made again and again,
often protected by systems that look the other way.
At WeSurviveAbuse, we believe that justice begins
when we stop measuring women by their compliance
and start measuring all people by their integrity….or lack of it.