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Thread 📌 We talked with three wellness experts about sexual assault in recent news cycles. @theAWParty co-founder @mayatcontreras sat down first with William & Mary College’s Equality Co-chair Eric Garrison.
2. Eric Garrison's work in LGBT advocacy includes founding RoBiN (the Richmond Bi Network), starting the first Gay/Straight Alliance in a Virginia public high school. Eric is currently chairing the Virginia Campus Task Force to Prevent Sexual Assault.
3. Q: There are a lot of these stories online right now, for people that have been the victims of assault, should we say ‘trigger warning’ before posting or sharing articles? #BelieveSurvivors
4. Q: What is self-regulating? Is that the same as self-care? #BelieveSurvivors
5. Q: When @realDonaldTrump was accused of sexual assault we heard,

‘boys will be boys.’

Why that defense? #BelieveSurvivors
6. Q: What type of policy could come out of Washington D.C. that would be helpful in stopping sexual assault? #BelieveSurvivors
7. "By the way, gender neutral bathrooms on campus don’t encourage rape, on the contrary, they discourage it, because it shows rapists that the campus is progressive and not tolerant of sexual assault." #BelieveSurvivors
8. @MooreSenate a Republican running for Senate in Alabama, said today (paraphrasing) that if these women really had been assaulted by him, then why did it take so long to report it. What do you say to that? #BelieveSurvivors
9. Q: Peri-traumatic dissociation? #BelieveSurvivors
10. Q: One of the women discussing the sexual impropriety that Louis CK showed said she felt ‘frozen’ when he came out of the room naked. Non-consensually. What is your response to that?
11. Q: One of the women discussing the sexual impropriety that Louis CK showed said she felt ‘frozen’ when he came out of the room naked. Non-consensually. What is your response to that? (part 2) #BelieveSurvivors
12. Q: There are already people saying ‘Well, Louis CK only masturbated in-front of them’. What would you say to that? #BelieveSurvivors
13. Q: There are a lot of people that are very brave to share their stories, but there are others who have not shared their stories, are we saying they are less brave? #BelieveSurvivors
14. Q: There are a lot of people that are very brave to share their stories, but there are others who have not shared their stories, are we saying they are less brave? (part 2) #BelieveSurvivors
15. Q: What do we do right now, to start changing this in our society? #BelieveSurvivors
16. A: Is there going to be an eventual backlash to all of these stories coming out? #BelieveSurvivors
17. A: Is there going to be an eventual backlash to all of these stories coming out? (part 2) #BelieveSurvivors
18. How do we help survivors? #BelieveSurvivors
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