Category: Victims Rights
Courtney Stodden’s Lifetime Movie Exposes the Public Grooming of a Child Bride—and the Cruelty of Celebrity Culture
The Lifetime movie about Courtney Stodden is more than a retelling of [...]
10 Clear Signs He Doesn’t Respect You (And How Survivors Can Break Free From the Programming That Keeps Us Silent)
Respect isn’t what he says in public. It’s how he moves when no one is [...]
The Cage Looks Different, But It’s Still a Cage
Some men enforce gender roles by pushing women into cages:
Be obedien [...]
No Predator Has the Authority to Rename Violence As a “Right.”
Abusers call what they do to women and children by many names. They dr [...]
Men Have a Duty to Be Safe Around Women and Children
We need to say this more often, and we need to say it without apology: [...]
The Economist: Why Nations that Fail Women FAIL
Please do not watch this pretend that the West is exempt or any politi [...]
Survivors Speak Truth: John Lewis Speaks Truth on Black America’s Fight for Justice
Proverbs 12:19 puts it this way.....“Truthful lips endure forever, [...]
‘Playing Victim’: How Racism Silences Black Voices and Blocks True Healing in America
Wherever there is harm—whether domestic violence, sexual violence, sta [...]
When Women’s Murders Are Hijacked: How Race, Politics, and Silence Derail the Fight Against Male Violence
Too often, when a woman is murdered, the conversation shifts quickly [...]
You Can’t Reason With People Who See Facts as a Personal Attack
One of life’s hardest lessons is this: you cannot reason with people w [...]
When Our Words Teach Them What’s “Normal” About Violence
If we’re spending more time excusing violence—saying we “understand” o [...]
Living in Hiding: Why Survivors Change Their Names to Stay Alive
For some women, "deadnaming" is a strange concept. Deadnaming is said [...]
When Male Pain Is Exploited, Women and Children Pay the Price
A woman named Poinsettia Grant-Parks was preparing to move in wit [...]
12 Things Men Say “I’m Not Worried About” — While Treating Women’s Concerns as Silly
Men love to say it with a shrug, a smirk, sometimes even a laugh: “I [...]
Why Boundaried Spaces Matter for Women and Girls
Spaces Are Never Neutral
Every room, circle, or gathering carries int [...]
When Men Like Snoop Dogg Get a Pass: Misogyny, Entertainment, and the Cost to Women
I love old skool hip hop. I was there for much of its beginning—its [...]
The Old Code of Chains: A Timeline of Control Over Women’s Privacy and Safety
Women who demand male free spaces are not hateful but have you exp [...]
Only 2% “Owned” Slaves?”: Slavery and Slaveholding in the United States Facts (Part 3)
Slavery and Slaveholding in the United States, 1860Introduction
O [...]
When Belief Becomes a Cage
Belief is powerful. It shapes how we see the world, how we raise our c [...]
Why It’s Wrong to Call Women “Hateful” for Demanding Safety
When Black and Indigenous Women Are Called “Hateful” for Demanding Saf [...]