Rape

What's more emblematic of the horrors of patriarchy than Dracula films and literature?

Did I push her into having sex, not physically but verbally? Did I not pick up on her body language? I don’t feel like I raped her, but am I a rapist?

It never felt like sexual assault, him taking the sex I didn’t offer. It felt more like a silent agreement. I surrendered to sex; he didn’t complain.

It never felt like sexual assault, him taking the sex I didn’t offer. It felt more like a silent agreement. I surrendered to sex; he didn’t complain.

Lately I’ve been finding inspiration and empowerment in women-led detective shows and how they are shaping survivor narratives.

He violated me and robbed me of an innocence I would never recover. He did this to me. Why did my sexual assault cause shame?

Me, Too: confronting my own misogyny. Change can’t come from a social media campaign alone, but from constant personal diligence by us all.

Not all rapists look or act like rapists. Some of the men who abused me are considered “nice people.”