What Happens When Women Come Out Analysis

When people hear juicy gossip about anything and anyone, they cannot wait to share it with the next person they see. People can never resist the urge to tell or keep their mouth shut about anyone’s business these days. Why, however, have women, the ones most guilty of gossip, waited so long before coming out and accusing their sexual abusers? Humanity has been wired to be impatient and keen on telling many others people’s lives through gossip and their own. Why are women waiting so long to come out? I may not be able to relate on a physical level or even an emotional level to these men and women who have lived through the terror of being sexually abused or harassed, but I do know that in the case of such events I would risk everything to show

While conversing with a friend, Jeanette found that the conversation had turned into something more not initiated or permitted by her. Unaware as to where the event was leading she found herself in a situation that was unerasable from her mind. She then ensured that for her safety and other innocent girls’ he was not to ever have that power and control again. She did so by speaking out, putting an end to his terrors. She states, “It’s okay to get support. It’s okay to feel broken. It’s okay to experience trauma and still be a strong person.” In Jeanette’s case, within only a small amount of time she took action. Jeanette went to the university’s Title IX Coordinator and obtained a no contact order. “He honored the order, and I never had to interact with him again through my time at school”(Jeanette's Story). She stood tall and made it known that she was a victim, yet that did not define her. Women are afraid that by speaking out they will be defined and seen as only one thing: a victim. Many of the women who are speaking out only now, years after the unspeakable event occured, are scared that if they were to have spoken up and been heard at the time they would have been labeled as such. There is not anything saying that one event or one stand against something good or bad will define someone for the rest of their life. If that is what defines them then that is because they let it. Being defined by society is not how the courtroom will see the victims, however it is to their advantage to speak out and use their