Why are you protecting rapists?

Before politics happened, I had a long career in Human Resources. The last few years of my career, I worked in Title IX, conducting investigations. Some of those investigations involved sexual assault. 

Telling the story is horrific for the victim/survivor. Every time the person has to retell the story, they experience again the assault and the trauma. 

As someone who worked in this area, I will be CRYSTAL CLEAR here.

If you aren't doing something to stop this horrific administration from shielding rapists, you – YOU - are complicit. YOU are complicit in supporting, shielding, and protecting RAPISTS.

These men RAPED children. 

I don’t care who they are, what party they are in, the inconvenience it will cause you, the financial impact it might have or the reputations these reports will shred. 

If YOU voted for these people and are supporting them, YOU are the enemy of the state, not me.  

And I will keep fighting for the voices YOU are trying to silence.  

Why is there even a debate?

 It’s been horrifying really to watch the “debate” regarding the release of sex trafficking files. As many of you know, I worked with victim/survivors for the last few years of my career and the impact of assault, violence and abuse lasts a lifetime.   

What is most stunning to me truly is the number of women who support these abusers.  I know one woman who suffered terrible abuse and is a staunch MAGA supporter.  

HCR wrote a difficult post about a homeless highschooler in FL, worked at McDonald’s and was saving for braces. FOR BRACES. She was paid to have sex with, I will say r@ped by, Matt Gaetz. 

If you ever wonder why women don’t come forward with reports on sexual assault and violence, just pay attention to these stories. Anita Hill, Christine Blasey Ford and a long line of women who came forward, were vilified, smeared and ridiculed.  I don’t know one woman who has not been sexually harassed in the workplace, including me. 

The influences of misogyny and patriarchy are embedded within societal frameworks. I will not stop fighting for the younger generation of women who will have to deal with this backlash and bullshit. 

If you are supporting these assholes, I really would love to understand how and why.  Because if you are supporting them, you are an accomplice.