In her testimony against Brett Kavanaugh, Ford reminded us of all the painful assaults we’ve learned to keep hidden
The texts came almost simultaneously from two women in my life: one a friend in her 30s, the other a relative in her 70s. Both said almost the same thing. They were watching Dr Christine Blasey Ford testify before the US senate, and they were crying.
We were all Dr Ford on Thursday. A staggering 81% of American women have experienced sexual harassment. And 20% of American women have been raped. Millions of others have experienced something between the two: assaults that we tried to find something to be grateful about, for though they were cruel and demeaning and painful and changed us forever, well– they could have been worse. Over the last week or so, since Ford’s claims first emerged, we’ve remembered them more than usual.
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