supporting survivors Quotes

Tough women who don't take sh*t are also put in positions that are really scary for them. It's important that they feel supported, but it's also important that we allow people to come to things on their own time. It's a very scary thing when you're a woman who's been assaulted or harassed to come forward. And it takes a lot of courage.

The notion that the campus has its hands tied if a woman is not willing to go to the police, if the woman is only willing to go so far as, "I just don't want to see him in my dorm anymore," is ridiculous. If that's as far as she's willing to go, then we need to accommodate that. And a university needs to be able to accommodate it.

Therefore, all my adult life, since I began my life as an author, or as a teacher, I always try to listen to the victim.

That, in essence, is the catastrophe of suicide for those who survive: not only the loss of someone, but the loss of the chance to persuade that person to act differently, the loss of the chance to connect.

Real men don't buy girls-they protect them. We're recruiting real men who have the courage to stand up against this issue.

We can all take responsibility for helping to bring about change, and keeping our friends and colleagues safe from domestic violence