1. Take me through every step of the process from beginning to end when someone reports sexual abuse. 2. Explain to me how I can be confident that leadership is referring reports of sexual abuse to unbiased, trustworthy, third-party advisors who are thoroughly and accurately investigating each one and taking appropriate action based on the findings. 3. Please refer me to someone who has gone through this entire process on the survivor side and is willing to speak to me about their experience so

One weird trick for reducing sexual assault in churches

One weird trick for reducing sexual assault in churches

I’m reading a study I found on slut-shaming. The sections on female intra-sexual competition have me thinking about growing up in Southern Baptist churches. And about the ongoing Southern Baptist sexual abuse scandal. This is what I wish I’d had the words, the information, the confidence, and the worldview to tell the women who told me to cover up as a young girl:

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