John Pavlovitz: 'Bill Cosby and the Second Trauma of Abuse Survivors' (Trigger Warning)

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

https://johnpavlovitz.com/2021/07/01/bill-cosby-and-the-second-trauma-of-assault-survivors/


(Trigger warning: discussion of sexual assault, rape, abuse, violence)

Bill Cosby is free.

The 60 women he assaulted are not.

As he steps into the undeserved light of a life without restraint or limitation, they are profoundly injured once again.

This is why so many survivors of sexual assault don’t come forward.
This is why after their initial trauma, they always experience a second one.
This is why they often live for decades in self-imposed silence and unmerited shame.
This is why they often bear their unimaginable suffering in secret for their entire lives.

*snip*

[onecaliberal]

1. People are re victimized at every turn in the process.

Never emotionally free from it, ever!

[crickets]

2. K&R for visibility.