Sexual Assault Survivors Support

Ms. Toad

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3. I have been open about having been raped since within an hour of it happening.

Fri Mar 22, 2013, 10:23 PM

Mar 2013

I agree that part of getting to the point where rape and sexual assault are no longer perceived as shameful, everyone needs to be aware that they actually do know people who are survivors of rape or sexual assault.

But no survivor should be forced to bear the brunt of changing that perception, which is what outing a survivor (by publishing his or her name) does.

So I am live what I believe is the ideal, and encourage others to do so - but I will also strongly defend the right of any survivor who chooses not to disclose her identity.

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In my humble opinion...I'm going to say something very radical... [View all] Chalco Mar 2013 OP

Yes, but there is nuance to being in the wrong when raped...there is the clothing..the drinking angstlessk Mar 2013 #1

I think it helps some of them LadyHawkAZ Mar 2013 #2

I have been open about having been raped since within an hour of it happening. Ms. Toad Mar 2013 #3

Some of us do better not telling everyone. Ilsa Mar 2013 #4

Thank you for your thread of power. It isn't easy for me to speak of my abuse. In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #5

{{{{In_The_Wind}}}} Helen Reddy Mar 2013 #6

I tell myself that every morning while I watch the sunrise. In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #7

Hey... talkingmime Mar 2013 #8

But not every victim is as strong as you are. pnwmom Dec 2014 #9

in silence we can loose our perspective olddots Jan 2015 #10