Sexual misconduct: Truth and justice must prevail at all times. There’s really no such thing as the ‘voiceless.’ There are only the deliberately silenced or the preferably unheard. –Anthony Roy

Time magazine on Wednesday December 6, 2017, named “The Silence Breakers,” representing people who came forward to report sexual misconduct, as its Person of the Year (POTY).
According to the United Nations, 1 in 3 women have been sexually harassed in the workplace. And only 29% report it. 65% of women have experienced street harassment, with 23% being sexually touched, 20% followed, and 9% forced to do something sexual. #BreakTheSilence.
Following the TIME POTY announcement, actress Alyssa Milano, the person who first encouraged women to come out and tell their stories/experiences with sexual harassment, sexual assault, groping, unwanted physical contact or sexual misconduct in the workplace tweeted: “It’s unacceptable that we are living amid an epidemic of violence against women and girls, still governed by institutions that are predominantly male. What are we going to do to ensure our daughters are safe? How will we break the cycle of repressing & hurting women?” Continue reading MY TAKE ON IT; Sexual misconduct: Truth and justice must prevail at all times →