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#Why I Didnt Report

how hard it is for women to report sexual abuse but given that the system is set up to privilege maleness, I imagine it is much harder than it was for me. I will never know how hard it is for young men of color to report sexual abuse, but given that the system is set up to privilege whiteness, I imagine it is much harder than it was for me. For me—a white, cisgender male—reporting my sexual abuse as a child was the single most difficult thing

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