Category: DECEPTION
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Brochure Says “We Take Your Safety Seriously.” But What Happens When a Survivor Actually Reports?
Institutions know how to write beautiful promises.“We take all rep [...]
When He Keeps Calling You Names: Name-Calling Can Be a Tactic of Abuse
Sometimes abuse announces itself with a threat.Sometimes it starts [...]
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 [...]
The Invisible Glue: 10 Ways Women Are Taught to Hold Together What Should Be Allowed to Break
updated from January 2026I've served the women who responded to vi [...]
No Predator Has the Authority to Rename Violence As a “Right.”
updated from September 26 2025
Abusers call what they do to women a [...]