Category: Coercion
🖤 12 Ways Black Women Are Harmed When Men Weaponize Oppressive Systems (video & audio)
🖤 1. Demanding Grace While Denying Ours
Black women are often expecte [...]
How Violence Prevention Is Treated as Worse Than the Violence Itself
When a woman asks for safety, listen to the danger she is describi [...]
We Taught Gen Z About Consent. Did We Forget to Teach Them About Dignity?
I believe the children are our future. Teach them well and let them l [...]
Women’s Rights Were Never Just for Feminine Women: How Stereotypes Can Be Used to Divide Women.
There is a mistake we can make when thinking about divide-and-conquer [...]
10 Lessons for Survivors from Melba Wilson’s Crossing the Boundary: Black Women Survive Incest
Melba Wilson wrote about something that Black women had certainly been [...]
The Question Nobody Answers About Mixed-Sex Spaces: What Happens When Something Goes Wrong?
I did not arrive at female boundaries because I assumed every male was [...]
Marcia Johnson, Part 2: Follow the Chain. Why Was Her Safety Riding on $5,000?
At first glance, the story of Marcia Johnson can produce a very simple [...]
Rape Myth Acceptance: 10 Ways We Blame Women for Being Vulnerable Instead of Blaming People Who Exploit Them
Some ideas about sexual violence have been around so long that peopl [...]
When Personal Expression Becomes Women’s Required Participation: What Exactly Are Institutions Asking Women to Do?
There is a difference between allowing another human being freedom and [...]
When Someone Decides What You Will Be Called: Name Control as a Tactic of Abuse
Your name is one of the first things you learn belongs to you.That [...]