Description

Kelsey delves deep into her understanding and beliefs on why she believes all survivors of any type of harassment or attack.

Topics/Triggers:

• The importance of this topic.
• Calling it out and naming it takes away some of its power.
• Reducing and eliminating the gaslighting the survivors feel.
• Restoring power too pressed communities and oppressed people.
• What a false allegation is and why it is terribly defined and tracked.
• The role trauma plays in reporting and recovery.

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References

https://www.rainn.org/statistics

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