Victims Rights

I have been talking about “institutional betrayal” and women and I wanted to acknowledge Dr. Jennifer Freyd who is credited with coining the phrase. “Institutional betrayal” describes how trusted institutions …

Women are not the problem to be solved. Their objections may be telling us where the conversation still needs work. A woman is filling out a form at the doctor’s …

For generations, women fought to move the line forward: toward safety, freedom, education, economic independence, bodily autonomy, and the right to move through the world without asking permission. But progress …

updated from March 11 2025 We can respect individuals while remaining honest about patterns. Those two things are not enemies. We cannot fix what we refuse to face. And when …

We keep doing that thing that we have always done. We are not listening to women and girls. And when we do hear pieces of what they are saying here …

Mobility restriction is a term widely used in human rights, disability studies, public health, criminology, and violence prevention because mobility is directly connected to safety, opportunity, and citizenship. Think of …

How to spot the warning signs abusers hide behind — and why “he seemed so normal” is never the whole story Why This Case Still Matters Dennis Rader — known …

Interesting fact: Before his murders were discovered, Bundy did volunteer at a suicide crisis hotline in Seattle called the Seattle Crisis Clinic in 1971. The work involved speaking with people experiencing emotional distress, including …

Until the killing of Black men, Black mothers’ sons, becomes as important to the rest of the country as the killing of a white mother’s son, we who believe in …

The year is 2026. So-called leaders, writers, the academic class, news media, medical groups, and organizations are calling women’s rights groups, shelters, and activists “anti-rights” for asserting women’s rights? For …