Category: Teens
Why Do We Keep Teaching Women and Children to Live Around Harm Instead of Stopping the People Causing It?
They were in the kitchen. It was a small, minor disagreement, b [...]
10 Clear Signs He Doesn’t Respect You (And What Survivors Must Know About the Programming That Keeps Us Silent)
updated from Sep 28, 2025
Survival is one type of strength. Heali [...]
I Have Spent Too Many Years Listening to Women and Children to Believe That Saying Something Makes It True
I have spent more than 30 years working with women and children who ha [...]
When Blackness Is Clear but Womanhood Becomes a Debate: A Question for Black Leaders
When you are a woman—an adult female human being who has overlapping d [...]
We Taught Gen Z About Consent. Did We Forget to Teach Them About Dignity?
I believe the children are our future. Teach them well and let them l [...]
Women Have Been Restricted for Safety for Generations. Why Does Restricting Men Sound So Radical?
There are renewed calls to ask a question American colleges have heard [...]
Victimization, Victimhood, and the Right to Keep Naming What Happened
Victimized vs. Victimization
Victimization describes an experience, a [...]
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 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 [...]