We Celebrated Women’s Gains. We Also Need to Talk About What Is Being Eroded. There is a story we often tell about women’s progress. Women organized, laws changed, rape became …
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You CANNOT Call it a Free Choice While Punishing Her “No”
“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.” …
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Drug-Facilitated Rape: What Women Need to Know About Ketamine, Alcohol and Emerging Drugs
For years, women were warned about the “date-rape drug.” Watch your drink. Don’t leave your glass unattended. Be careful if a stranger offers you something. None of that advice is …
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🚨 Control of Language Is a Red Flag for Abuse—And Many Miss It
✦ 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 …
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Consent Beyond the Bedroom: Women’s Autonomy in Dating and Relationships
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 …
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When Giving Up Women’s Rights Is Called Progress: 15 Questions Worth Asking
updated from March 23 2025 There is a familiar pattern in history. Women organize. Women speak. Women document harm. Women build shelters, create opportunities, change laws, and fight for …
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Misogynist Gaslighting: The Reversal That Keeps Women Unsafe
Updated from June 8, 2025 No matter the group of men who disregard female humanity—who they like, who they don’t like, what they like- the tactics of misogynistic males remain …
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A Society Can Create More Opportunities for Connection. It Cannot Solve Rejection by Taking Away Women’s Right to Say No.
There is a conversation we need to have about loneliness, dating, sex, companionship and rejection. A grown one. Because loneliness is real. Wanting love is real. Wanting somebody to come …
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Male Access Supremacy: When Entitlement Disguises Itself as Equality
updated from July 31, 2025 The Space Was Never the Argument. The Entitlement Was. Survivor Affirmation Every woman deserves a space that stays hers. Not conditional. Not negotiable. Not something …
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Before You Put Up the House: What Mattie Michael Taught Us About the Way Women Love
Retracing Mattie Michael’s Footsteps: Sometimes We Have to Ask Why We Love the Way We Love There are women we meet in stories who stay with us because we recognize …