Making Waves

I Feel Like It Was All My Fault: How to Manage and Unlearn Self-Blame

Sexual violence is NEVER the survivor’s fault. Myths about sexual violence will claim that the survivor shouldn’t have ‘encouraged it,’ whether through their clothing, words, or actions. Myths say that even if a survivor was extremely intoxicated or under duress and said yes, then it doesn’t count as rape. The fact: Sexual violence is never the fault of the survivor.