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Catcalling: What is it? We hear this word thrown around all of the time. When we see it depicted on TV, it’s usually a bunch of rowdy construction working standing around whistling and calling out obscenities to a beautiful woman in a short skirt.

(Photo credit: the LA Times) We should be teaching women to stand up for themselves like the Chilean protesters have been doing, and we should be teaching men to respect and love the women in their lives.

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When I was a teenager, I never told anybody what was happening to me. I was afraid to tell any adults because I wasn’t supposed to be sexually active in the first place. There was a stigma, sex was taboo, and I didn’t want to cause a scene. I didn’t even know what to do if I wanted to speak up or ask for help.

Julia and I have been friends for as long as I can remember, and I was around when Survivors to Superheroes was conceptualized. When Julia asked me a few years ago to join the board as the treasurer I was a bit nervous because of my lack of previous experience, but I was even more excited for the opportunity to work for a cause that is so important not only to me and Julia, but also to the millions of people who have been affected by sexual assault around the world. It was clear that there was a stigma in society surrounding sexual assault, paired with a lack of education for survivors and loved ones.