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portrait of survivor of sexual assault or abuse
People still seem to think that women get sexually assaulted by the one abnormal, criminal man, or that it’s the victim’s fault. Maybe our project will help change these misconceptions. I’d like folks to know, not just cerebrally but viscerally, that sexual assault happens every day, all the time. That it’s something that as a society, we still seem to allow. Even though it’s legally criminal, we still have in place all the things that make sexual assault legitimate. We get assaulted by our friends, family, neighbors, church associates, classmates, strangers, lovers, husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, brothers, cousins, uncles, first dates, longtime partners, best friends, acquaintances, and anyone else you can imagine. If all these people think it’s ok to hurt us, how can society say that sexual assault is merely an aberration?