“We owe it to the victims of the suicide bombers who struck London on 7 July 2005 to find out how the attacks happened and to learn the lessons that will spare lives in the future.” HappenedLessonsVictimSuicideLondonSparesJulyBombersSuicide Bombers Author:Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones
“To be depressed or neurotic is passive. It happened to us; we are its victim, and we have no control over it.” HappenedVictimOver ItPassiveNeurotic Author:William Glasser
“Nobody would say the cowshed was heaven and nobody would say the inhuman torture of so many victims be called a revolution of the proletariat. ... A museum should be established to remind China of the follies and disasters that had fallen from 1966 to 1976. We cannot forget what had happened and history should not repeat itself.” ShouldHeavenForgetHappenedRevolutionVictimChinaDisasterFallenTortureRepeatsFollyMuseumsInhumanProletariat Author:Ba Jin
“Over and over victims are blamed for their assaults. And when we imply that victims bring on their own fates - whether to make ourselves feel more efficacious or to make the world seem just - we prevent ourselves from taking the necessary precautions to protect ourselves. Why take precautions? We deny the trauma could easily have happened to us. And we also hurt the people already traumatized. Victims are often already full of self-doubt, and we make recovery harder by laying inspectors blame on them.” PeopleWorldFeelsSelfSeemsHurtDoubtFateHappenedProtectHarderVictimBlameDenyTraumaRecoveryAssaultSelf-doubtPrecautionInspectors Author:Anna C Salter
“In the past, I was a perpetual victim; how I was doing in any given moment depended on what happened to me. Today I do my best to avoid this kind of 'victim thinking.' Instead, how I am doing is determined by how I respond to what happens to me.” ThinkingKindMomentsHappensTodayPastGivenHappenedVictimDeterminedPerpetual Author:Jenni Schaefer
“Many of our holidays revolve around traumas that happened to our people and how we must remember them in specific ways. The way these stories are told and what we take away from them can change, and do in certain contexts, but overall I am not sure whether Jews want to let go of the narrative of the victim.” PeopleWayWantStoriesRememberCertainHappenedLetting GoVictimJewTraumaNarrativeNot SureHoliday Author:Jill Soloway
“Forcing victims of sexual harassment into secret arbitration proceedings is wrong because it means that nobody ever finds out what really happened.” MeanSecretHappenedVictimHarassmentProceedingArbitration Author:Gretchen Carlson