Sometimes abuse announces itself with a threat. Sometimes it starts with a word. A degrading name can be tossed out so casually that everybody is expected to move along. But …
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Humiliation Is an Abuse Tactic: When Someone Keeps Trying to Make You Feel Small
Some people try to control women by frightening us. Others discover they can control a room by humiliating us. Humiliation can look like “joking,” teasing, embarrassing you in public, exposing …
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Things to Understand About the LSU Sexual Assault Case, and the Young Black Woman at the Center of It
There is a young Black woman at the center of the LSU sexual-assault story whose name is Kendall Francis. Before she became a viral video, a headline, a debate, or …
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Healing Voices You Gotta Hear: Déjà Lewis-Nwalipenja on Black Girls and Sexual Violence
I want you to hear from Déjà Lewis-Nwalipenja. When she gave this TEDx talk, Déjà was a young Black college student studying political science and sociology. Her talk, Black Girls …
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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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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 …
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Male Access Supremacy: When Entitlement Disguises Itself as Equality
updated from July 31, 2025 The Space Was Never the Argument. The Entitlement Was. Survivor Affirmation Every woman deserves a space that stays hers. Not conditional. Not negotiable. Not something …
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Please Stop Telling Survivors, “Men Wouldn’t Go That Far.” History Says Otherwise.
updated from March 24 2025 Interesting fact: Before his murders were discovered, serial killer Ted Bundy volunteered at a suicide crisis hotline in Seattle called the Seattle Crisis Clinic in 1971. The …
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When “Nothing Will Happen” Isn’t a Safety Plan: Asking About Real Safeguards
updated from February 2026 “If your confidence turns out to be misplaced, what protections exist for the people expected to absorb the consequences?” When certainty replaces preparation We have all …
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When Men’s Feelings Matter More Than Women’s Safety: Recognizing Everyday Misogyny
Mobility restriction is a term widely used in human rights, disability studies, public health, criminology, and violence prevention because mobility is directly connected to safety, opportunity, and citizenship. Think of …