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Category: Grooming

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Words Matter: Why Calling ALL Older Woman-Younger Man Relationships “Grooming” is Harmful
Boundaries, Grooming

Words Matter: Why Calling ALL Older Woman-Younger Man Relationships “Grooming” is Harmful

Tonya GJ Prince March 6, 2025
Language matters.It shapes how we think, how we [...]
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No More Empty Promises: What It Really Means to Support Prostituted Persons
Abuse, Advocates/Activists

No More Empty Promises: What It Really Means to Support Prostituted Persons

Tonya GJ Prince March 4, 2025
Supporting Prostituted Persons Means More Than Just Words "Shaming [...]
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The Magic Trick: How Grooming Feels in the Beginning
Abuse, Audio

The Magic Trick: How Grooming Feels in the Beginning

TGJP February 5, 2025
 They welcome you in with warmth, with open arms. They set the ta [...]
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🛑 Summer Safety Alert: Predators Count on Your Distractions—Don’t Let Them
Abuse by Older Children, Child Abuse

🛑 Summer Safety Alert: Predators Count on Your Distractions—Don’t Let Them

TGJP June 3, 2016
 Yes, it’s summer again. And while many of us are fo [...]
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No Predator Has the Authority to Rename Violence As a “Right.”
Abuse

No Predator Has the Authority to Rename Violence As a “Right.”

updated from September 26 2025 Abusers call what they do to women and children by many names. They dress it up with lies, excuses, and false respec [...]
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The Invisible Glue: 10 Ways Women Are Taught to Hold Together What Should Be Allowed to Break
Womanism/Feminism

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 violence and were facing harsher punishment than any man would have for the same c [...]
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Institutional Sexual Violence: Can There Be Consent When One Person Controls the Door?
Rape

Institutional Sexual Violence: Can There Be Consent When One Person Controls the Door?

🔒 FCI Dublin forces us to ask a question about consent that reaches far beyond one prison.A woman identified publicly as Dinhora described living [...]
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Men Already Have More Access to Women Than Ever. Why Is the Answer Still “Give Men More”?
Violence Against Women

Men Already Have More Access to Women Than Ever. Why Is the Answer Still “Give Men More”?

  There is something missing from a great deal of our modern conversation about men, women, loneliness, relationships, and belonging. We rarely [...]
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If Stereotypes About Women Became Law, What Would Those Laws Look Like?
Abuse of Power

If Stereotypes About Women Became Law, What Would Those Laws Look Like?

When we talk about stereotypes about women, sometimes we make them sound much more complicated than they are.Many are painfully ordinary.Wom [...]
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Things to Understand About the LSU Sexual Assault Case, and the Young Black Woman at the Center of It
Civil Rights & Social Justice

Things to Understand About the LSU Sexual Assault Case, and the Young Black Woman at the Center of It

There is a young Black woman at the center of the LSU sexual-assault story whose name is Kendall Francis. Before she became a viral video, a headline, [...]
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What Happens When the Woman We Call Strong Tells Us She Was Hurt?
RED FLAGS

What Happens When the Woman We Call Strong Tells Us She Was Hurt?

Listening tells you so much about where we really are as a society. A WNBA player spoke about her experience with sexual violence. The comments were n [...]
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When Stereotypes About Women Acquire Governing Power
Abuse of Power

When Stereotypes About Women Acquire Governing Power

A stereotype is somebody else’s story about women. It should never outrank the truth of women’s lives. At a time when we are talking so much about my [...]
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Rape Myth Acceptance: 10 Ways We Blame Women for Being Vulnerable Instead of Blaming People Who Exploit Them
Rape

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 people repeat them without recognizing what they are. A woman says she was drinking [...]
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You Cannot Understand Women Through Shallow Stereotypes About Women
Black Women

You Cannot Understand Women Through Shallow Stereotypes About Women

I thought about a woman I once served today. Back when I was serving people with disabilities. She crossed my mind because the day that she became [...]
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