“It takes courage to stand up for yourself. I stand in honor, and no longer in fear of speaking out.” — Catherine Jane Fisher Copy Share Image
“Children playing while in the background the TV blares with screams, gunfire and rape-murder scenes. It seeps in.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
“Just by writing this story, I thought that I am the real monster, I had the feeling that I am doing it…… — Deyth Banger Copy Share Image
“Intimidated, old traumas triggered, and fearing for my safety, I did what I felt I needed to do.” — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
“ISIS BEHEADS CIVILIANS WHILE WORLD KEEPS FORGETTING WHAT VICTIMS' SOULS R BEGGING: HUMANITY SAVE KOBANE” — Widad Akrawi Copy Share Image
“Sheep buggerers!" he roared. "I was only going to eat your women and rape your men until you did that!” — Nathan Hawke Copy Share Image
A marriage license should not be viewed as a license for a husband to forcibly rape his wife with impunity. — Sol Wachtler Copy Share Image
“I WILL FOLLOW ANYONE... AND BEG EVERYONE... TO HELP RESCUE ALL IMPRISONED WOMEN.” — Widad Akrawi Copy Share Image
“Incest, rape and abuse is rampant everywhere, even in our churches, but society is silent. It is a silent epidemic. One in… — Diane Chamberlain Copy Share Image
I know it may come as a shock, but it's sort of considered polite to wait for the consent of the woman.… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
“Women who are attacked phone a hotline for advice. "Don't report a rape," the women are told. "Call it indecent exposure. A… — Amy Hempel Copy Share Image
“To be raped is to be sexually violated. For society to force someone, through shame and ostracism, to comply with love and… — Lee Maracle Copy Share Image
“They like to use those fancy words. They don't like to say “raped,'” he said. “They say “misdeed,' “inappropriate touching,' “mistake.' That's… — Charles L. Bailey Jr Copy Share Image
“You done a number on him, Colt. He needs a doctor, or he ain't gonna make it.” “He tried to rape her,… — Jasinda Wilder Copy Share Image
“John was still making comments regarding violent things that he shouldn't, but I hoped he was just being a big mouth. Nobody… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
“One evening, intending to ask my host mother to wake me the next morning (okosu), I ask her to violently rape me… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“Fear of black independence and self-determination took a Freudian form: rape hysteria. In one town after another, racial violence was sparked by… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Denial of perpetration is simply not evidence that none has occurred, because even when there is physical evidence of abuse, sexual abusers… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“they share this common idea that a rapist is a guy in a ski mask, wielding a knife, who drags women into… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
“It does seem true that a young woman may sometimes behave in a way that can be called titillating, and that men… — Marilyn French Copy Share Image
“If you have been raped or sexually assaulted and you have been blamed, or fear that you may be blamed, I just… — Robert Uttaro Copy Share Image
“The heated public discourse about the frequency of false rape allegations often makes no reference to actual research. When the discourse does… — David Lisak Copy Share Image
“It wasn't a sign of weakness to tell what happened to me. I feel guilt no longer, only regret. The other emotions… — Charles L. Bailey Jr Copy Share Image
“a raped girl is bad for the family: it shows that they can’t protect their women; that they have little social standing;… — Louise Brown Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately, there’s no surefire way to prevent sexual assault.” — Jennifer Marsh Copy Share Image
“Please God, when I open my eyes, make this nightmare disappear.” — Catherine Jane Fisher Copy Share Image