In the wake of lots of publicity regarding sexual assault survivors recently coming forward, I thought I’d share my perspective as a therapist and former sexual assault hotline staffer, on the victim blaming that often occurs in these instances. When someone is sexual assaulted, there are often questions that are asked, which serve to someone cast blame on the person who was assaulted. Unfortunately, victim blaming is still a frequent occurrence when the topic of sexual assault arises. Probably the immense shame and other complex feelings that survivors of sexual assault often struggle with. Coming forward about your experience of sexual assault can be a scary experience and the vast majority would not “make up” something like this.

Source: Huffington Post November 11, 2017 18:16 UTC