Aly Raisman On Why We Need To Keep Talking About Sexual Violence

When Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman was asked about the one thing thats bothering her most, she said its the pervasive issue of sexual violence.The statistics are just alarming, its one in four girls are sexually abused, and those are just the girls that speak up and that [statistic] was from a couple of years ago, the Olympic gymnast said in a Facebook Live video for People Magazine on Wednesday. I cant tell you how many girls I know that have been sexually abused at some point in their life and its so sad.Raisman emphasized the issue of victim-blaming and slut-shaming, and why the onus should never, ever be on women to avoid being assaulted. We also live in a culture where if a girl is wearing a short skirt or shes wearing a low cut blouse its okay for men to rape women, she said. Its just out of control.Speaking up about the issue, Raisman said, will help solve it.She told People that she thinks boys and girls should learn at a young age what the definition of consent means. There needs to be a class thats valued just as much as math class that teaches boys and girls to respect each other, she said.If a girl doesnt say yes, then its not consent.Raismans comments come at the very beginning of National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, an after more than 100 women accused former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar of sexual abuse ' a sex abuse scandal that involves more victims than that of Bill Cosbys and Jerry Sanduskys scandals combined.Check out Raismans full interview here.type=type=RelatedArticlesblockTitle=Related... + articlesList=58e2bbc4e4b0d0b7e163d599,58cabf67e4b00705db4cf8ce,58cad793e4b00705db4d4fc3H/T Refinery29Need help' Visit RAINNs National Sexual Assault Online Hotline or the National Sexual Violence Resource Centers website. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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