I can vouch for this with my own experiences. The ONLY help that I was able to get from a legal standpoint was free counseling through crime victims services. When my ex broke the window to my house to get inside & attack me the cops chalked it up to disorderly conduct. He continued stalking me, but without any…

This just absolutely breaks my heart, especially knowing how many Chicago cops approach victims of domestic violence. The most horrifying moment in my DV 40 hour training (of which there were many sad, shocking moments) was when a representative from Chicago PD came in and proceeded to victim blame and basically lie…

Thank you. This comment section has disgusted and depressed me more than anything else I've read lately...and I read Reddit. He said he was "raped". He said he was "sexually assaulted". He said he was harmed and traumatized by the experience. He was there, I wasn't, and he has chosen to characterize it this way. I…

Your mother-in-law is a piece of shit human being. I am shocked and awed that you didn't flip a table, but hopefully, this is evidence that you don't have to see her on Christmas.

Last night I wish somebody stabbed me. My mother in law said: "I consider myself a progressive but why can't lesbians dress better? They aren't doing themselves any favors by trying to look like men. They should look more feminine and who knows, maybe they will catch the eye of a man and become straight. Isn't…

The significant others of awful people tend to have a fair few problems of their own, I suspect. You end up with a lot of relationships where terrible people are dating other terrible people. I may be desperately single but there are a whole heck of a lot of people I'm glad I'm not dating.

How so many awful people find significant others while so many cool people I know can't continues to baffle me.

"But...but he's an actor and they put themselves out there so so so!"

Yeah, I can't stand this guy, but this is super fucked up and not okay at all. Anyone could tell he was not in a great place and it seems like this woman took advantage of his vulnerability. I hope he's able to process this and move forward.

yeah. I mean sure, his reason to not say no does sound a little dumb to me. But who cares, it was HIS reason, not my reason. I'm not in the position to understand why he felt he couldn't say no, just to understand that he didn't say yes. If he felt he couldn't say no and he didn't say "yes," that should be enough.…

And now a troll tops the comments section.

If someone had shot Marina Abramovic would it not have been murder?

Some woman (allegedly) thinking that a performance piece was license to sexually violate someone is further proof that we are in desperate need of public education on consent.

So much this right here.

It is sad that this needs to be stated, especially here. The articles first comments were very dismissive and that people didn't believe him. That breaks my heart.

Believe victims, guys. Even if we don't like who they are as people, or they're "tryhards" or their art is dumb. Believe them.

Rape victims are treated like garbage by the vast majority of police, we just went over this with the Cosby case. What happened to Shia is not okay and I hope he gets connected with whatever supports he needs.