Sexual Assault Awareness Month

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Today is the last day of the month of sexual assault. Side note: If you are a survivor, sexual assault recognition month is monthly. But let's scroll. This year's theme is "new and attractive voice". The national center for sexual violence, the founder of the event said, "When our sounds together, our voices are the strongest," and the new voice is "they teach, guide, and Chain reaction to influential people ". Two days ago, when I launched Twitter I saw this, "Damn, I will finally talk about it." Last night, I showed a single show "Professional Suicide" from Chris Gethard It was. It will be broadcast on HBO on 6th May (you need to see it). Chris talked about his lifelong struggle with the Great Depression. In a question and answer session after the show, Chris explained that this started thinking that it was not something he was unable to talk about. We are here.

April is the month of sexual assault. This is a nationwide campaign to raise awareness of the reality of sexual violence in the community. The goal is to discuss what is sexual assault, how to prevent it, and how to support survivors who experienced sexual assault. Half of women (44.6%) and half of men (22.2%) are raped at some stage of life and undergo sexual violence, which is a criminal act and people are often a shameful act. To talk or avoid (or worse, if they choose to share their story they will be hurt, so Sexual Assault Awareness is a tool to challenge this shame is.