This week I had to remind my husband about the time I was assualted.

Me too. Before this, I exclusively considered “sexual assault” = “rape.” I’ve never been raped, so therefore I’ve never been a victim of sexual assault. Except for time when some dude at a bar kept shoving his tongue down my throat even when I told him not to multiple times. Or that guy who grabbed my ass while I was…

I appreciate this comment - for years I beat myself up for my lame reaction to sexual assaults like having my crotch and hips grabbed (coworker, both times). I froze and either never did anything about it or was told to forget it and didn’t try to seek help elsewhere. Now I wish I had just taken a swing. But I didn’t…

Agreed. We just have to support each other. Speak out. Not Stay silent anymore.

I’m with you too.

Agreed. I remember I had to have a talk with my Dad when I was about 20 that it was no longer appropriate to slap me on the ass because I was grown and deserved to have autonomy over my body. Which typing it out makes me realize, SHOULD NEVER BE FUCKING APPROPRIATE. Jesus. I think I’m going to pour one more glass of…

It’s so hard, because I feel like the only way I could talk about any sort of experience like this in the past was to make a joke out of it. Which I’m starting to see is a trend, too.

That was Ana Marie Cox you saw on MSNBC. I saw it too. Watching her made me tear up.

I can only think that we go through this now, to ensure a better tomorrow for everyone. You’re not alone. We’re not alone.

It’s so hard, too, when you do tell people about these things, and they literally will laugh it off, deem it funny, refuse to see it as any sort of assault or violation.

This is so sad, I have gone through the exact same thought process myself. I am 30 years old and have been working in the entertainment industry for a solid decade (studios, agencies, law firms, production). I am realizing now how important it is for women to start speaking up and sharing our stories. Which at this…

I agree 100%. I know I have been the victim of one specific form of sexual assault by one person, but if someone asked, off the top of my head that’s all I would say and if I stop and think there have been SO many. From being pressed up against by a guy with an erection on many occasions to full on attempted coercive…

I get it. I have a similar anecdote that I literally haven’t thought about in years until your comment that I turned into a joke as well, because it happened at a gay bar and I’m a cis-gendered hetero woman.

The sad truth is that when Trump says, “all men” say and do the sort of things he says and does, he isn’t completely wrong. Many men do what he does and see these latest scandals as no big deal, and that’s why they still want to vote for him and still feel no irony at feeling insulted that Hilary calls them…

I used to try to laugh off the fact that I got roofied on my 20th birthday because “nothing ended up happening to me” (my friends carried me home). But honestly, fuck that. Fuck that guy who was planning on hurting me, and fuck the Trump-like attitudes that made me feel like I needed to minimize it because maybe it…

I’ve had the same experience. I was talking to my husband about the Trump tapes and said “I’ve had my boobs and butt grabbed but never my pussy. Oh wait, yes I have.” It’s so common that not only have most of us experienced it, but many of us have to stop and think back just to try recall all the times it’s happened!

Yes! This! I have been coming to terms with the same revelations.

I actually had tears in my eyes listening to a woman on MSNBC (whose name unfortunately I can’t remember) as these stories were breaking talk about Crooks’ boyfriend saying he didn’t think it was the physical intrusion that upset Crooks so much as it was the feeling of powerlessness...that she couldn’t say or do…

I am 32. I consider myself a strong ass woman. Not a victim. NEVER a victim. But what is shocking, and humbling about this entire election is the fact that other women are speaking out about things that I have just accepted in my life as part of being a woman, and that I’ve forgotten about until now. I truly forgot…

He’ll build a wall of squirting flowers to keep the clowns out - and he’ll make the clowns build it!