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From Victim to Victor: Surviving Sexual Assault in Uganda
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As a survivor myself, I can tell you that there is no greater gift to rape survivors than to be believed and validated.
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As a survivor myself, I can tell you that there is no greater gift to rape survivors than to be believed and validated.
I’m asking all supporters of gender equality to consider placing your right hands over your mouths, instead of your hearts, when the national anthem plays.
This weekend, as fans gather for the Super Bowl to enjoy the game, others will be present–not to enjoy, but to be enjoyed. These are the unseen girls and women in the commercial sex trade.
These girls in Connecticut are taking classes to make sure they can defend themselves in college. “Going to college and being on your own, just the idea is kind of scary,” one participant said.
Men need to explicitly reject Donald Trump’s misogyny and model a sensitive, aware manhood, not what’s being expressed at the White House. This includes asking women and women’s organizations how best to support them.
Boarding schools don’t have to comply with Title IX regulations that protect students from an unsafe school environment. One student said victims at boarding schools deal with sexual assault “any way they can, but the administration makes that hard when it’s such a taboo subject.”
Trump’s secretary of education nominee refused at her confirmation hearing to state a firm commitment to using Title IX to respond properly to sexual assault on college campuses. That’s reason for concern.
We can all take steps to spread the ethos of consent among children and adults. A Planned Parenthood survey of male-female attitudes about sex, along with numerous recent incidents, shows why everyone has to be involved.
The current controversy over fetal tissue research has clouded the work this organization does to improve the quality of life for the impoverished women they assist in both the United States and 10 other countries.
Despite being the first female president of Harvard, Drew Faust isn’t pushing for rapid policy change on the issue of on-campus sexual assault. To make schools safer for students, we as alumni and parents must keep pressing ahead.