#metoo
You are not alone. Together we can de-stigmatize speaking out about our experiences with sexual harassment, assault, and more.
A Survivor's Timeline of Sexual Assault
There are defining moments in our lives that forever create a definitive split in our personal timelines. Once these moments occur, there will always be a "before" and an "after," a harsh contrast that will always be a reference point for future reflection.
Sarah WeltonPublished 4 years ago in VivaI Feel Safer Working With Men
I have been in the workplace for over forty years, I have been sexually harassed and discriminated against more times than I care to remember. Who hasn’t right? The only thing new here is that my perpetrators were other females. I know right. We don't typically hear this. In the workplace, it's usually accusations from a female against a male counterpart. I am here now to say that sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace is a two-way street, equal oppportunity offence. Over the years I have felt harassed and discriminated against many times, and yes I was harassed because I was female. My harassment came from the hands of other women. I have been victim to bullying, conspiring, gossiping, isolation, control, betrayal, withheld opportunities, right down to termination.
Charlotte KratchmerPublished 4 years ago in VivaTo My Cousin
. I want to stay mad at you for the rest of my life but truthfully it is getting really tiring nowadays to be angry all the time. I getting frustrated in being sad for what you took away from me which felt like it was my whole world at the time, I was just a little girl who didn't know what was going on and was afraid to speak up about it.
Karla MendozaPublished 4 years ago in VivaMan or Woman, Why Calling Yourself a Feminist is a Good Thing
Almost two years ago I was a Londoner hooked to social media, and very aware of what was going on in the world, particularly in the U.S and the U.K; I felt energised every time there was a win for humanity such as the #metoo movement, but unlike other Londoners, I did not go out much, instead, I invested my time leaving comments and writing blogs about some of the things I went throughout my life, those experiences I felt could help others; but all that stopped in the moment I moved back to my home country.
Grace EvelynPublished 4 years ago in VivaSex Education: The importance of Aimee's Story
Netflix’s Sex Education is a must see of the year. There are many reasons why i adore this program, from normalising the discussion about sex, to making it okay to laugh about those awkward moments we all experience. It’s a program I wish had been around when I was a teenager, in lots of ways it made me realise I wasn't alone. Plenty of the story-lines touched me but this season it was Aimee's that i really resonated with.
You Don't Believe Me
You call me a liar. I have the taped confessions. I said, “No.” He said, “You are too beautiful, and couldn’t help myself.”
Scarlett PricePublished 4 years ago in VivaI was sexually abused as a teenager
My mom was always in a relationship. She used to say she was in love with the idea of being in love, but never found the perfect man. Lets face in, the perfect man does not exist. She left my father not long after I was born, and married my first Stepfather Kyle. He was the best and treated me like I was his own child. He didn't have kids of his own and wanted to be a father to me, my father didn't come around much. Kyle taught me how to ride a bicycle, and always told me, no matter how many times I fall down, always get back up. I took that to heart and have lived by it most of my life, my life has not been easy.
Lela HarrisPublished 4 years ago in VivaI Do Not Consent
It’s not ok~ To the women of my generation. To all who came before and all who come after, it’s not ok. I am ashamed to say that we have been raised in a world where we have been told “ this is how it is, get used to it” and conditioned to just accept it. Ashamed that young men are being brought up in a culture that teaches them to sexualize and treat women like they aren’t anything but a pretty play toy, eye candy to devour, trash to throw away when they’re done. So I am here to say enough. It’s not ok. It needs to stop. It ends with us.
Marissa Luna ☽❁Published 4 years ago in VivaWhy Hasn't #METOO Gotten Howard Stern?
I don't understand who Howard Stern has paid off? Maybe the King of All Media somehow made a deal with the devil? I just don't get it. After coasting off the talent of Jackie Martling for years and then going to XM where he was somehow less offensive than he was on FM, somehow Howard Stern is now around kids all the time? How is this not setting off radars! How is this not causing huge online unrest! I just don't understand it, try as I might!
Aubrey KatePublished 4 years ago in VivaSilence accomplices and sexual harassment
Recently, result of a study published about the sexual harassment against the women journalists in Iran. The study has conducted by "Asr-e-Ertebatat" monthly magazine.
Pouria NazemiPublished 4 years ago in VivaAn Internet Troll Mansplained My Rape to Me
The internet has been a continued breeding ground for faceless bullies for quite some time now. Cowards who hind behind anonymity and their screens, spewing hateful things and damaging messages at people, just for kicks.
Nicole BedfordPublished 4 years ago in VivaWe Couldn't Give Consent While We Were Sleeping
Sexual violence and rape are 80% likely to be perpetrated by a person known to a woman. 51.1% of female victims of rape reported being raped by an intimate partner and 40.8% by an acquaintance - Source
Nicole BedfordPublished 4 years ago in Viva