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If you or someone you know is dealing with sexual assault, there are many organizations that can help.
If sexual assault victims can connect, they can help stop predators before they attack again.
No-contact orders are involved in almost every college assault case -- but are often shockingly ineffective.
Living through a sexual assault is bad enough — what makes things worse is a broken legal system that routinely ignores, loses and even destroys crucial evidence, an institutional injustice …
There is a path forward, past denial and scandal and shame.
Sexual violence is part of the culture on campus and beyond. We can all have a role in creating—or challenging—that culture.
Sexual abuse is sexual behavior or a sexual act forced upon a woman, man or child without their consent. Sexual abuse includes abuse of a woman, man or child by a man, woman or child. Sexual abuse is an act of violence which the attacker uses against someone they perceive...
If you, or someone you know, is the victim of a sexual assault, help is available.
No one should have to experience sexual assault, but if it happens to you or someone you know, there are resources available.
The next time you are in a room with more than five people chances are that at least one individual is a survivor of sexual assault.
As I scroll through my social media newsfeed, I can’t help but notice a recurring trend. Almost daily, it seems as though we’re being bombarded by some sort of sexual
Our societal response to accusations of sexual misconduct must take as a given that it is unequivocally wrong. This would provide a baseline for the Senate to hold those who commit such acts of misconduct to account, writes Deborah Tuerkheimer
They're supposed to be there to help, not take advantage.
Finding a place that can help a person dealing with sexual trauma every step of the way is a really important resource to have when struggling.
"I feel like what happened was my fault. Like I did something to deserve it," is a statement that I have heard frequently in my work as a therapist who specializes in helping survivors of trauma. I have spoken with numerous survivors whose families and friends asked them, "Why can't you just get over it?"<br>Awareness of the impact that trauma can have on an individual is spreading, however there is still a lot of misinformation and stigma that many survivors experience. Although…