Category: Violence Against Women

✊🏾 Since When Did a Man Saying He’s Changed Become a Gospel Truth?
She called me because I was serving as her victim advocate: His fam [...]

“Why Are Women Still Told to Have Faith in Men Who ‘Rebrand’ Themselves?”
“If his change requires your suffering to prove it, it isn’t change [...]

“Why Do We Treat Male ‘Change’ Like a Sacred Revelation Instead of a Responsibility?”
A man "changes". Why do we women receive this as our "marching orde [...]

Why Are Women Still Expected to Risk Our Safety Just to Exercise?
Like so many Survivors of childhood sexual violence — and other form [...]

How Many Warnings Does It Take Before We Protect Women Like Sonya Massey?
You know what?
We can’t afford to look at these cases as “isolated in [...]

My Partner Suddenly Changed His Beliefs or Lifestyle and Now Demands That I Change Too. Is That Normal?”
Here's the thing. “Real transformation invites partnership, not submis [...]

Red Flags: Why Do Some People Refuse to Challenge Systems of Harm — and What Does that Reveal About Them?
Women’s safety movements grew from necessity — from the silences of la [...]

Who Protects the Women Whose Stories Don’t Trend
The work of women's safety, women's rights, women's liberation and wom [...]

Stephan Smerk Pleads Guilty in 1994 Slaying of Virginia Mother Robin Lawrence
*48Hours had a female FBI expert who shared valuable ins [...]

Abuse Isn’t About Rage. It’s About Control.
👁️ See It Clearly Watch who people protect — and who they hurt.
Wa [...]