Coercion

Some ideas about sexual violence have been around so long that people repeat them without recognizing what they are. A woman says she was drinking before an assault, and somebody …

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. …

Your name is one of the first things you learn belongs to you. That is exactly why controlling it can carry so much power. Sometimes an abusive person doesn’t merely …

Abuse does not always begin with a bruise. Sometimes it begins with humiliation. Sometimes it reaches for your name. In this episode of the We Survive Abuse Podcast, Tonya GJ …

  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 …

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 …

“Nobody is telling you whom you must sleep with.” “But if you exclude certain people from your sexual or dating pool, your exclusion may reveal prejudice, bigotry, or a phobia.” …

✦ 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 …

Consent is not only the right to say yes. It is the freedom to say no without punishment, persuasion, or a campaign to change your mind. Consent is not only …

There is an age when “Why?” is one of the sweetest and most exhausting words in the English language. Why is the sky blue? Why do dogs bark? Why do …