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“People may not realize the damage that they are doing by placing the blame on the victim ~ but that doesn't lessen the damage that they cause by doing it.”
― Darlene Ouimet

tags: abuse-survivors, blame, blame-the-victim, healing-insights, rape, rape-survivor, sexual-abuse, sexual-assault, survivors, survivors-of-abuse, victim-blaming

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“The shame should have been all his but I chose to carry it around this whole time.”
― S.K. Ali, Saints and Misfits

tags: rape-culture, rape-survivor

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“A rape victim... a rape victim who fights...They've been violated, made helpless and afraid. It breaks their confidence in the safety of their little world. It makes them afraid." .... "If you don't fight, it's not quite the same. If they make you help, make you cooperate, then it's not clear to you anymore. Is it rape? You feel dirty, violated, and guilty. Most of all guilty because you should have fought. Especially if you're Mercy and you fight everything.”
― Patricia Briggs, Iron Kissed

tags: how-i-feel, mercy-thompson, rape-survivor, rape-victim, understanding

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“In 2017, after the Hollywood producer, Harvey Weinstein's sexual assault scandal went viral, the #MeToo movement grew like wildfire. It triggered my trauma. Flashbacks of horrific injustice. Old memories resurfaced.”
― Dana Arcuri, Sacred Wandering: Growing Your Faith In The Dark

tags: break-the-silence, flashbacks, hollywood-sex-scandals, me-too-movement, metoo, painful-memories, ptsd-recovery, rape-survivor, sexual-trauma, sexual-violence

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“Today I wore a pair of faded old jeans and a plain grey baggy shirt. I hadn't even taken a shower, and I did not put on an ounce of makeup. I grabbed a worn out black oversized jacket to cover myself with even though it is warm outside. I have made conscious decisions lately to look like less of what I felt a male would want to see. I want to disappear.”
― Sierra D. Waters, Debbie.