Sexual Assault: Speaking Out Now or Later

I have spoken to news outlets in France, England, the United States and across Canada, with women brought into the discussion from India, Pakistan and Kenya.

People still not ready to put their stories on social mediahave emailed me to share their pain. Some for the first time. And they feel relieved. Lighter.

Others, like a father whose daughter was recently raped during her first year at university but whose assailants were believed over her, are drowning in despair over a system that fails women.

“It’s no wonder women stay quiet,” he wrote. “I don’t know what to tell her.”

Sue Montgomery, Postmedia News