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Why is society so hesitant to believe women who come forward about sexual assault?
I am genuinely wondering (& these are rhetorical): have you falsely been accused? has someone very close to you been falsely accused? or do you just agree for the sake of groupthink?
I am genuinely wondering (& these are rhetorical): have you falsely been accused? has someone very close to you been falsely accused? or do you just agree for the sake of groupthink?
and even further ... 1 in 6 women* are victims of attempted OR completed rape. You probably know more women who've been assaulted/groped/harassed than you are aware of.
*And - the statistics are even higher depending on an individual's race, age, sexuality, and gender identity
*And - the statistics are even higher depending on an individual's race, age, sexuality, and gender identity
"Why do they wait so long to come forward about it?" it's TRAUMATIC! There is nothing more intimate between 2(+) humans than sex - physically & emotionally. So when someone is abused/taken advantage/violated in that form of intimacy, it radically changes their life.
If sexual violence has not impacted your life, be careful about what you share. Because, there's no way to know what a survivor has gone through (physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually) unless you (or a loved one) has been through it.
Sexual trauma has completely changed my life: it's changed who I am, my walk with the Lord, my perspective on the world, etc. Outside of sexual violence, there's so much you don't see, you don't hear, you don't know.
Anyway, thanks for coming to my TED talk!
Anyway, thanks for coming to my TED talk!
OKAY ONE LAST THING: and this is not to say that false accusations aren't serious, because I have witnessed a few myself (of loved ones) that have been incredibly hurtful. But they are so few and far between. The world just wants you to think it's every. single. report.
