RED FLAGS

🖤 WeSurviveAbuse.com Survivors should not be met with interrogation, suspicion, or scorn.They should not have to fight to be believed while the abuser enjoys your benefit of the doubt. Every …

🖤 WeSurviveAbuse.com Let’s get something straight: Your opinion about how she should’ve escaped, how fast she should’ve healed, how she should’ve talked, walked, stayed quiet, or spoken up— That is …

When a domestic violence Survivor speaks out, everyone suddenly has something to say. “She should’ve left.”“Why didn’t she tell anyone?”“What did she do to provoke it?”“I knew something was off.”“I …

So you were “right.”You “saw the signs.”You “told her he wasn’t good.”You “would’ve left sooner.”You “would never let that happen to you.” But here’s the truth:Your self-righteousness will not protect …

There’s something you need to know about how survivors are treated after they speak out. It doesn’t always look like disbelief.It doesn’t always look like yelling or threats.Sometimes, it shows …

People don’t listen to women and children. Not when we whisper.Not when we scream.Not even when we show up with a mountain of evidence, hospital records, text messages, restraining orders, …

That line is more fragile than people think. Too many people in the U.S. still picture sex trafficking as some shadowy van pulling up to snatch a girl off the …

We are in justified rage mode, and we are not backing down. You are playing with the sacred memory of children now.  These quiet shadows are not your safe space.  …

Young people must not fall for the lie that only older women protect abusers. The truth is, younger women—especially young Black women—are at the highest risk of femicide. According to …

Perpetrator fragility is a concept used to describe how individuals—most often abusers or those in power—respond with defensiveness, victim-playing, or aggression when they are confronted about their harmful behavior. Instead …