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In 2016, Barack Obama signed a Presidential Proclamation establishing National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month (SAAM). In doing so, he wrote, “Too many women and men of all ages suffer the outrage that is sexual assault, and too often, this crime is not condemned as loudly as it should be. Together, we must stand up and speak out to change the culture that questions the actions of victims, rather than those of their attackers.”
In the 35 years that I've been healing from sexual trauma, I've seen a huge change in our country's attitude toward survivors...