Everybody knows October is pink ribbon month for breast cancer awareness. Cancer is terrible. I'm all for awareness, early detection, treatment, and a cure. If you were reading last year, you know I donated all proceeds in October to the cause. Around 200,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. That's a lot.
Just in the U.S. this year
• between 400,000 and 600,000 adult women will be raped (about 1 in 10)
• and a little over half a million girls under 16 (about 1 in 5) will be sexually abused or assaulted
• and at least 100,000 boys under 16 (about 1 in 8) will be sexually abused or assaulted, regardless of sexual orientation.
We're talking over a million victims a year. (That's a 1, followed by 6 zeros.) That's a lot.
Statistics say, if you know three women, you know someone who has been sexually abused, even if you don't know who it is. Now, at least 90% of sexually abused people know their abusers. So you tell me: what are the odds that you know at least one abuser, even if you don't know who it is? Yep, you almost certainly do.
Breast cancer is terrible. So is the fact that a million people - mostly female, mostly children, are victims of sexual abuse. But how many people know that April is teal ribbon month for sexual assault awareness? Where were the ads and PSAs? The merchandise? The pro athletes with teal Nikes?
We teach others how to treat us. Where was the fuss from the general public to say we don't want abusers treating our daughters, friends, partners, and neighbors this way?
They say silence implies consent....
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