Violence Against Women

✦ by WeSurviveAbuse.com In courtroom after courtroom, from high-profile celebrity trials to quietly buried local cases, a deeply disturbing pattern emerges:Abusers and traffickers often demand to be called certain names. …

In the early days of healing, Survivors are doing sacred, difficult work. They are not “just leaving.”They are grieving.They are remembering.They are mourning a version of love that betrayed them. …

  Too often, when men like Sean “Diddy” Combs are accused of violence, public conversation zeroes in on his romantic partners—on their choices, their silence, their timing. But this is …

If you’re not an advocate for giving violent, manipulative, deceptive, abusive males more rights and protections—Then you need to say that.And sound like it.And act like it. Because if your …

You want to know how abusers thrive in families, churches, and communities?It’s not just what he does.It’s what you do for him. Every time you shame the Survivor instead of …

🖤 WeSurviveAbuse.com A young Black woman—famous, talented, in the public eye—is harmed in plain view.She finds the courage to come forward. To say: I am not safe. I am in …

🖤 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 …

  🖤 WeSurviveAbuse.com The internet is full of people who think that offering opinions on a Survivor’s choices is the same as offering help.It’s not. You weren’t there.You didn’t live …

This is not about whether you think she was right or wrong.This is not about your definition of accountability.This is not about your fantasy version of what a Survivor “should’ve” …