“Violence against women is not random or anonymous. In West Virginia, 88 percent of sexual-assault victims already know their attacker. In my hometown, Alicia McCormick, an advocate for our domestic-violence shelter at the YWCA, was killed in her home by a man doing handiwork in her apartment complex. That one of my greatest advocates could fall victim to something she fought against her whole life was a tragedy that moved me to action.” KnowsMenWholeHomeActionFallViolencePercentTragedyVictimMovedWestComplexesWhole LifeShelterApartmentAssaultDomestic ViolenceVirginiaViolence Against WomenHometownSexual AssaultWest VirginiaHandiwork Author:Shelley Moore Capito
“Given the realities of the U.S. criminal justice system, the prosecution may be unable to salvage this case. But just because that system fails victims on the regular doesn't mean we have to, too. French commentators are already calling for DSK to jump back into the country's presidential race and ride a wave of sympathy into office. Really, the stakes are greater than even that political prize. If we accept the narrative that only perfect women are raped, we risk sacrificing justice not only for this woman, but for victims of sexual assault everywhere. After all, nobody's perfect.” IfsMayMeanCountryRealityPoliticalGivenJusticePerfectRaceAcceptingCasesGreaterFailingRiskSacrificeCallingOfficeVictimWaveCriminalsNarrativePresidentialPrizeStakesAssaultCommentatorsJustice SystemSexual AssaultCriminal JusticeProsecutionCriminal Justice SystemNobody's PerfectSalvagePerfect Woman Author:Jaclyn Friedman
“In Maybe I Will, Laurie Gray writes about important topics that teens need to talk about, including sexual assault, friendship, and alcoholism or self-destructive behaviors that result from trauma. Maybe I Will may help some teens know they're not alone.” KnowsNeedsWritingMayImportantSelfHelpingResultsBehaviorIncludingTraumaDestructiveGrayTeensTopicsAssaultAlcoholismNot AloneSexual AssaultSelf DestructiveSelf Destructive BehaviorDestructive Behavior Author:Cheryl Rainfield
“People talk about sexual assault like it's a bad habit that men have.” PeopleMenHabitAssaultBad HabitsSexual Assault Author:Jon Stewart
“Feminism as a movement for political and social equity is important, but feminism as an academic clique committed to eccentric doctrines about human nature is not. Eliminating discrimination against women is important, but believing that women and men are born with indistinguishable minds is not. Freedom of choice is important, but ensuring that women make up exactly 50 percent of all professions is not. And eliminating sexual assaults is important, but advancing the theory that rapists are doing their part in a vast male conspiracy is not.” MenMindBelieveHumansImportantPoliticalChoicesSocialBornFeminismHuman NatureMovementTheoryPercentMen And WomenMalesCommittedProfessionDiscriminationDoctrineConspiracyAcademicAssaultEquityEccentricAdvancingFreedom Of ChoiceSexual AssaultEliminatingClique Author:Steven Pinker
“In a society in which equality is a fact, not merely a word, words of racial or sexual assault and humiliation will be nonsense syllables.” FactsEqualityNonsenseAssaultHumiliationSexual AssaultSyllables Book:Only Words Source: Only Words
“I fully support your efforts to stamp out sexual assault in the United States military and believer that there is nothing in (Military Justice Improvement Act) that is inconsistent with the responsibility or authority of command. Your efforts in this regard have much broader implications that will actually strengthen the 'good order and discipline' of our military, which I believe accounts for much of the resistance that S967 is receiving...Protecting the victims of these abuses and restoring American values to our military culture is long overdue.” BelieveLongStatesValuesOrderCultureI BelieveJusticeUnitedEffortResponsibilityUnited StatesSupportMilitaryDisciplineAuthorityAbuseAccountsRegardVictimBelieverImprovementResistanceCommandReceivingAssaultStampsImplicationsInconsistentSexual AssaultRestoringAmerican ValuesOverdueUnited States Military Author:Dave McGinnis
“Sexual assault and domestic violence are difficult things to talk about. Talk about them anyway.” DifficultViolenceAssaultDomestic ViolenceDifficult ThingsSexual Assault Author:Mariska Hargitay
“Sexual assault is neither a ‘light’ nor ‘fluffy’ matter, and we cannot treat it as if it were.” IfsMatterLightTreatsAssaultSexual AssaultFluffy Author:Emma Sulkowicz