Which facts may another person deliberately falsify while seeking someone’s romantic or sexual consent, and at what point does society stop treating deception as clever self-presentation and start recognizing the…
There is a difference between allowing another human being freedom and requiring somebody else to participate in that person’s understanding of themselves. We blur those two things far too easily.…
updated from January 2026 I’ve served the women who responded to violence and were facing harsher punishment than any man would have for the same crime. No one was willing…
There is something missing from a great deal of our modern conversation about men, women, loneliness, relationships, and belonging. We rarely acknowledge just how much access to women’s presence…
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…
And here our country stands examining every uttered word of a woman who says that she was harmed……. We all exist together on a planet that seeks to correct the…
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…
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…
✦ by WeSurviveAbuse.com updated from May 24 2025 We’re taught to look for bruises, raised voices, or slammed doors.But the most dangerous form of abuse often starts quietly—with language. It…
Who benefits when women are encouraged to understand their sexual boundaries as especially open to revision? Women have spent a great deal of history being told that their own sexual…