Coercion

There’s a reason children learn the alphabet through songs. There’s a reason faith traditions chant. There’s a reason we remember “I have a dream.” Our brains are built to believe …

Some of us were raised in rooms where silence was survival. Where love came with conditions, and peace was always paid for in self-abandonment. We learned to read moods like …

  You’re not imagining it. Every time peace needs patching, someone turns their eyes toward a woman. Every time rage fills a room, someone expects a woman to whisper it …

When children are trapped in abusive homes, they’re not just harmed by the acts themselves. They’re trained through language. Words become cages. The same phrases that should nurture them are …

Words That Tried to Tame Women For generations, women have been shamed into labor — emotional, physical, spiritual — through language that sounds ordinary but carries violence underneath. These words …

She called me because I was serving as her victim advocate: His family is mad at me and now I’m so confused. “He is trying to change but sometimes he …

“If his change requires your suffering to prove it, it isn’t change — it’s another performance.” — WeSurviveAbuse.com Somehow, we allowed ourselves to believe that when a man says he’s …

Like so many Survivors of childhood sexual violence — and other forms of abuse — I live with chronic pain. Some days, it’s excruciating. But nearly every medical professional I …

Here’s the thing. “Real transformation invites partnership, not submission. True faith doesn’t need a cage—it needs room to breathe.” This is a pattern called ideological coercive control—when someone uses belief …

This is one of the most common — and most heartbreaking — questions Survivors ask. And it deserves a clear, loving, truthful answer. Yes. Coercion is assault. Let’s talk about …