By Robyn Short

Just over a week ago, the hashtag #MeToo began trending. I first saw it on my facebook wall. I immediately felt myself withdraw.

I felt the all-too familiar shame many women associate with their memories and experiences of sexual assault and abuse. My most salient memories, the memories where my life was truly in danger, came flooding back to me. What also came flooding back to me was the way the criminal justice system protected the perpetrator, a known perpetrator in my colle...