Weekly Address:Taking Action to End Sexual Assault

[BlancheSplanchnik]

3. kick and rec!

I'd say this is a pretty important issue.

I like seeing that he understands that changing social norms is part of the whole equation.

Because when a child starts to question their self-worth after being abused, and maybe starts withdrawing… or a young woman drops out of school after being attacked… or a mother struggles to hold down a job and support her kids after an assault… it’s not just these individuals and their families who suffer. Our communities – our whole country – is held back.

PBO expresses the understanding that violence against women damages half of the human race. All of it, really, not just the victims.