...and begin to talk about power. Sexual violence is about power and privilege. That doesn’t change if the perpetrator is your favorite actress, activist or professor of any gender. And we won’t shift the culture unless we get serious about shifting these false narratives.
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My hope is that as more folks come forward, particularly men, that we prepare ourselves for some hard conversations about power and humanity and privilege and harm. This issue is less about crime & punishment and more about harm and harm reduction.
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A shift can happen. This movement is making space for possibility. But, it can only happen after we crack open the whole can of worms and get really comfortable with the uncomfortable reality that there is no one way to be a perpetrator.
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...and there is no model survivor. We are imperfectly human and we all have to be accountable for our individual behavior.
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People will use these recent news stories to try and discredit this movement - don’t let that happen. This is what Movement is about. It’s not a spectator sport. It is people generated. We get to say “this is/isn’t what this movement is about!”
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I'm all for crime and punishment , too . That's equally and often essential to survivors .
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I am not playing when I say your’s is the voice I hope everybody is listening to right now.
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Also happens with lesbians, unfortunately. I fear that no one would believe my story.
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I pray you find the courage to speak your truth and you have support to do so
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