Sexual Assault Awareness Month - April 2021
2 users like thisThe Sexual Trauma and Abuse Care Center has curated a reading list for April to honor Sexual Assault Awareness Month. SAAM is about both awareness and prevention of sexual assault, harassment, and abuse. Looking at the history of the movement to end sexual violence, it’s clear why: It’s impossible to prevent an issue no one knows about, and it’s difficult to make people aware of a problem without providing a solution. All of these books highlight a diverse range of experiences, perspectives, and solutions from a variety of authors, artists and activists. The message of all of these books is clear: consent is for everyone, regardless of gender, sexuality, age, race, ability, class, or age. Many of the books on this list include descriptions of sexual violence told in the survivor's own words. Listening to and believing survivors is the first step to promoting a culture of consent. Some of these stories may be difficult to certain readers; we have included a link to the Care Center's website at the top of the list which has local support resources for anyone affected by sexual violence.
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The Beginning and End of Rape
Confronting Sexual Violence in Native America
Stop Telling Women to Smile
Stories of Street Harassment and How We're Taking Back Our Power
Ask
Building Consent Culture
Indelible in the Hippocampus
Writings From the Me Too Movement
Know My Name
a Memoir
Written on the Body
Letters From Trans and Non-binary Survivors of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence
Sexual Citizens
a Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus
Drawing Power
Women's Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival : a Comics Anthology
Lived Through This
Listening to the Stories of Sexual Violence Survivors
The Will to Change
Men, Masculinity, and Love
Whatever Gets You Through
Twelve Survivors on Life After Sexual Assault
It Didn't Start With You
How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle
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