Perspectives on survivor speech

For example, I’ve been assaulted more times than I can even count, and I never reported any of it because [pause] and this is totally just me- I totally understand why other people would want…

Participant 1: Um I just wanted to add that I know a lot of people – it’s really sad – that have been raped in our culture and, um, usually what the parents do instead…

In my view, it’s very important to speak up because you’re not just speaking up for yourself, you’re also speaking up for all females who are insecure. How can you encourage them to report the…

I think it’s really hard to share the experience with people – other people. So like, [if a friend discloses to you], first you have to understand the effort she put, to talk to […]…

So my point is that our culture is very conservative. Like, Asia, or Asians, are very conservative. The society as a whole is conservative, therefore, the people are very conservative. […] Not a lot of…

I think if your good friend [who discloses sexual assault] is a Chinese, maybe he/she is too shy to speak out about this. Maybe you can let him/her do some questionnaires. She will feel more…

Participant 1: I think some victims may not have the courage to talk to a person face to face. She may prefer to writing something to disclose or chatting online. He/she may feel this way…

First of all, as we all know, this [sexual assault] is something that can damage the honor of that friend. What if her future boyfriend knows about this? What if her future husband know this,…

I think sharing experiences is also important because most of us really don’t know what to do.

It does say that we need to submit it online, and that makes me feel like it would be nice to have people reaching out to you, rather than it being in an online forum.…