As a survivor of sexual assault and someone who's job it is to hold space for those that have suffered from all the different forms of it...
Catcalls
Phone harassment (probably doesn't happen as much these days)
Online harassment
Text assault
Touching
Groping
Looks
Casual grabs
Molestation
Rape
Sexual Violence
ETC.
I am heavy with the weight of all the Me TOO's. Not because I'm surprised, no I knew most of the stories out there and if I didn't know I imagined. I heavey because we are 1,000,000's strong! Strong even though that strength is questioned by the people in power...
Family
Clergy
Teachers
Bosses
Co-workers
Friends
Partners
Lovers
Strangers
Presidents
ETC.
We are harassed and disbelieved. We loose jobs, family, friends, community and place...
What's the big deal
It's a compliment
No one else wants you
You were drunk
You had it coming
You asked for it
Look what you were wearing
Women like it
ETC.
We are 1,000,000's strong.
Daughters
Sisters
Mothers
Grandmothers
Friends
Aunts
Strangers
Clients
ETC.
All Women, all shapes, all colors, all sizes, gender conforming or non gender conforming. Sexual violence doesn't discriminate! It is a tool that is used to...
Destroy us
Keep us in line
Ruin our futures
And our childhoods
End our careers
Our marriages
Our sexual expression
Our lives
And still we are living
Creating
Standing
Fighting
Healing
Living
I am proud to be a woman and proud to stand with all of you.
Angie