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My local newspaper recently ran a week-long investigation into the sexual assault allegations made against the mayor of the small town, Windsor. While I initially found it odd that the San Francisco Chronicle would give the front page to this story while we’re still knee-deep in the middle of a pandemic, the more I thought about it, the more I understood and appreciated the Chronicle’s decision. Small town or not, this was a story that questioned the immunity that political leaders have flaunted in the face of serious allegations for long enough.
A recent ruling by the Minnesota Supreme Court states that…
I’ve always admired AOC. I feel like representation is very important, and she is very inspiring to me as a young Latina person who would like to work in politics someday. Watching her speak about being a survivor made me feel so understood and proud. It takes so much courage to be vulnerable about being a survivor. I couldn’t imagine doing it at the scale that she did.
In the United States, survivors must report sexual violence to law enforcement in order to press charges against their assailant. According to the Sex Workers Project, sex workers “are reluctant to go to the police because of potential arrest or further assault,” and this sentiment also applies to undocumented, BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ survivors of sexual violence. Social media can be one of the only ways to have our voices heard, warn others about our perpetrators and receive accountability from the public. Sex education accounts, which often discuss consent and sex positivity, are another form of sexual violence activism that supports survivors and their experiences. Instagram’s new Community Guidelines, which will be instituted on December 20, 2020, threaten the autonomy of survivors and the ability to create sexual education content.
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