Mariska Hargitay has said she was raped by a man she considered a friend when she was in her 30s. Hargitay said she tried several ways to get out of …
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Featuring Tofology: You DO NOT Know How You Will Respond After Sexual Violence (TikTok Creator)
It will never stop amazing me that sooooooo many people believe that every sexual assault follows a “script”. We have no idea what happened but the fanfiction from people ready …
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What Happens When the Woman We Call Strong Tells Us She Was Hurt?
Listening tells you so much about where we really are as a society. A WNBA player spoke about her experience with sexual violence. The comments were not kind. There is …
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No Predator Has the Authority to Rename Violence As a “Right.”
updated from September 26 2025 Abusers call what they do to women and children by many names. They dress it up with lies, excuses, and false respectability. They label it …
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When we talk about stereotypes about women, sometimes we make them sound much more complicated than they are. Many are painfully ordinary. Women should be nice. Women should share. Women …
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When Stereotypes About Women Acquire Governing Power
A stereotype is somebody else’s story about women. It should never outrank the truth of women’s lives. At a time when we are talking so much about myths and stereotypes …
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Rape Myth Acceptance: Somehow We Understand Vulnerability Until the Victim Is a Woman
There are things we understand perfectly well until sexual violence enters the conversation. We understand vulnerability perfectly well when property is involved Suppose someone gets drunk at a …
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Why Didn’t You Go to the Police? First Ask What Happens When Victims Do
There is a question people continue to ask victims of sexual violence: Why didn’t you go to the police? I have worked hotlines. I have responded to women who were …
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We Celebrated Women’s Gains. We Also Need to Talk About What Was Being Eroded.
We Celebrated Women’s Gains. We Also Need to Talk About What Is Being Eroded. There is a story we often tell about women’s progress. Women organized, laws changed, rape became …
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College Women Need Layered Support: Never Make One Institution Your Entire Safety Plan
Having worked directly with colleges and universities as statewide coalitions serving domestic and sexual violence victims I can say this…… If you are a college student dealing with stalking, dating …