Tag: assault
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Victims Who Were Told That Their Clothing Got Them Sexually Assaulted Display What They Were Wearing
Each time the victim of sexual violence gets asked what they were wearing, it heartlessly implies that he or she was responsible for the assault and could have prevented it. Victim blaming drives responsibility away from a perpetrator and puts it on the victim’s shoulders. To fight against the myth that sexual assault could be…
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Man Explains Women’s Rage Using A Brutal Analogy So All Men Can Understand It
Twitter user and author A.R. Moxon has been on a campaign to invite all men to participate in an exercise of empathy. His mission has been to reframe women’s experiences with assault and sexual violence in a way that men can understand… getting kicked in the nuts. “I can’t imagine women’s rage today,” Moxon writes.…
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Dozens Of Male Sexual Assault Survivors Share Their Stories, And They’ll Break Your Heart
With the powerful movement of women speaking out about their sexual assault as part of the #MeToo campaign, one might be led to believe that the victim is always female. While the statistics show that the vast majority of these victims are female, as you will see in this photography series, it isn't always so…