“Today I wore a pair of faded old jeans and a plain grey baggy shirt. I hadn't even taken a shower, and… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
“The memories seem to come in layers. For example, the first memory might be of incest; then they remember robes and candles;… — Glenn L. Pace Copy Share Image
“When there is inconsistency in belief and action (such as being violated by someone who is supposed to love you) our mind… — Rosenna Bakari Copy Share Image
“In spite of hopes to the contrary, pornography and mass culture are working to collapse sexuality with rape, reinforcing the patterns of… — Susan G. Cole Copy Share Image
“As I faced each tragedy in my life, I learned to reach into the depth of my soul for strength and determination.… — Erin Merryn Copy Share Image
“She was so upset about a blog that maybe a total of six people read yet had no compassion for her granddaughters… — Erin Merryn Copy Share Image
“Now in my eleven years of conventional life I had learned many things and one of them is what it means to… — Joanna Russ Copy Share Image
“One year later the society claimed victory in another case which again did not fit within the parameters of the syndrome, nor… — Trouble and Strife Copy Share Image
“They say a writer is not a single person, it is a bunch of characters. What I learned from life is that… — Himanshu Chhabra Copy Share Image
“- Rape is a unique crime, representing both a physical and psychological violation. More than with any other crime the victim can… — Liz Kelly Copy Share Image
“Finally, another large-scale study [of false rape allegations] was conducted in Australia, with the 850 rapes reported to the Victoria police between… — David Lisak Copy Share Image
“Let’s talk about rape for a moment. Rape is not what George Lucas did to your childhood. Rape is not what happens… — Jeffrey Rowland Copy Share Image
“I should have seen it coming.” The words don’t surprise me, but they piss me off. I pull away and glare down… — Jasinda Wilder Copy Share Image
“A woman has the right to change her mind about having sex at any point of sexual contact. If her partner doesn’t… — S. A. David Copy Share Image
When I say there is no such crime as date rape I am saying what is true. There isn't a specific legal… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
“Young girls frequently report that their early sexual experiences were coerced. In a study in South Africa, 30 percent of girls report… — Njovana Watts Copy Share Image
“Bit by bit, Dr. Driscoll helped me to peel away the layers of protection I had built up over the years. The… — Charles L. Bailey Jr Copy Share Image
The blade sings to me. Faintly, so soft against my ears, its voice calms my worries and tells me that one touch… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Police recording of false allegations of rape: "The data on the pro formas limit the extent to which one can assess the… — Liz Kelly Copy Share Image
“When I was in college, a teacher once said that all women live by a ‘rape schedule.’ I was baffled by the… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
In certain states there's a statute of limitation on women who have been raped. How do you do that to a woman?… — Kate Hudson Copy Share Image
“It is desirable that the inmate should not have at all, or if he does, should immediately himself suppress nocturnal dreams whose… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“No, Sky. You didn't tell her everything…you told you everything. Those things happened to you, not to someone else. They happened to… — Colleen Hoover Copy Share Image
“FORGET FERES DOCTRINE And the military has immunity! Yes! The feres doctrine! It states “the Government is not liable under the Federal… — Diane Chamberlain Copy Share Image
Typically, [a victim of sexual assault] go home, take a shower, call their best friend, and evidence is lost. They say, "I… — Kirsten Gillibrand Copy Share Image
“It had gone so far that mothers in certain regions where the slave scouts were most rife, such as Eliana, disfigured their… — Maria Turtschaninoff Copy Share Image
“She's scared, he thought. She's scared deaf, dumb, and blind. She thinks I'm going to rape her. I'm due to rape her,… — Ann Petry Copy Share Image
“Ninety-six per cent of juvenile prostitutes are fugitives from abusive domestic situations; 66 per cent began working before they turned 16. (Prostitution… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke Copy Share Image
“When you're asked to stay out of a bar you don't just punch the owner--you come back with your army and tear… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“A while ago?” Anaxantis asked. “Yes, he raped me a while ago. Exactly nine months and two days ago. What's that? Nine… — Andrew Ashling Copy Share Image
“In order to escape accountability for his crimes, the perpetrator does everything in his power to promote forgetting. Secrecy and silence are… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
“Isn’t it sad that when a girl says she was sexually assaulted, our first instinct is to think she’s probably lying? Statistics… — Amy Schumer Copy Share Image
“It was true, I had a big mouth, and more than once I'd made things worse for myself by neglecting to shut… — Nicole Castle Copy Share Image
“They say rape is the practice of sexual intercourse without consent but in my case, I did consent. I knew it wasn’t… — Lunga Noélia Izata Copy Share Image
“It is not a single crime when a child is photographed while sexually assaulted (raped.) It is a life time crime that… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
“The question that remains unanswered and keeps coming to the fore is ‘Are the punishment schemes for child sex and sexual abuse… — Henrietta Newton Martin Copy Share Image
“Children who are victimized through sexual abuse often begin to develop deeply held tenets that shape their sense of self: 'My worth… — Rachel Lloyd Copy Share Image
“We don’t necessarily know how to hear stories about any kind of violence, because it is hard to accept that violence is… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“We lay there with our bodies touching, and as I shook, a powerful knowledge took hold. He had done this thing to… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
“God, who is omnipotent, could have softened Pharaoh’s heart, but he hardens it instead, which gives him a reason to afflict every… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image