'You see that kind of thing happen a lot, where survivors are just cast out, ostracized, belittled, manipulated and it’s just re-traumatization.'
that men who abuse women and abuse their power as government officials would not be tolerated. Now that a very powerful member of the Democratic party is in question, that same outrage seems to be missing.
“It was ignored in the media. When it started to get more coverage, it kind of made me feel sick. It reminded me of the way my own experience would be invalidated; the way abusers gaslight you into thinking what happened to you wasn’t real or was your fault,” Asha R said. “I played a lot into the self blame, the victim blaming that is really prevalent in the media and culture, the way survivors are blamed for what happened to them, and I just used that against myself for a long time.
“You see that kind of thing happen a lot, where survivors are just cast out, ostracized, belittled, manipulated and it’s just retraumatization. I have to talk myself out of thinking that it is my fault," Asha continued. "I feel like every single survivor has that feeling of having their experience invalidated and their reality manipulated. Tara Reade coming forward and telling her story inspired me to come forward, it meant a lot to me and I think it meant a lot to survivors.
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