I am a survivor and when I tweet about being in solidarity with people who have been sexually assaulted at work people — some people — message me to ask if I am currently being sexually assaulted at work. I am not.
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What worries me most about this isn't their misunderstanding in and of itself but how confused they are about how a person presently being sexually assaulted behaves. We don't Tweet about it usually. We usually are in denial, hurt, trying to solve it off social media.
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If we were tweeting about it we'd tweet about it 100% not in general terms. But usually during the assault and for a few days even weeks after survivors are not tweeting or taking about it. These things are serious and need digesting.
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Either way not everybody who stands in solidarity is currently being assaulted..
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There is no typical way a survivor behaves and there is no reason to assume somebody standing in solidarity is a victim and not exactly supportive to ask them if they are.
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