Chessy Prout > Quotes

“I was too trusting, too naive. I felt like it was all my fault. It would take me years to accept what now seems obvious: rape is not a punishment for poor judgement.”
― Chessy Prout, I Have the Right To: A High School Survivor's Story of Sexual Assault, Justice, and Hope

“We can change the laws, but what really needs to change is the culture of sexual violence. That begins with conversations and the strength to speak the truth to power...”
― Chessy Prout, I Have the Right To: A High School Survivor's Story of Sexual Assault, Justice, and Hope

“Rape is not a punishment for bad judgment.”
― Chessy Prout, I Have the Right To: A High School Survivor's Story of Sexual Assault, Justice, and Hope

“It reminded me how our deepest wounds are usually invisible, how easy it is to misjudge each other's pain, how the most important thing we can do is to treat one another with kindness and respect. Everyone has a story.”
― Chessy Prout, I Have the Right To: A High School Survivor's Story of Sexual Assault, Justice, and Hope

“#IHaveTheRightTo”
― Chessy Prout, I Have the Right To: A High School Survivor's Story of Sexual Assault, Justice, and Hope

“the words”
― Chessy Prout, I Have the Right To: A High School Survivor's Story of Sexual Assault, Justice, and Hope