Why this article? Too often, women's self-defense is caricatured: people think it’s just about yelling, hitting, or running away. In reality, it’s much more complex. A Different Perspective: Moving Beyond Stereotypes Through the testimonies of experts, survivors, and...

The question “Why didn’t you scream?” often comes up after an assault. It’s hurtful, unfair… and above all, it ignores a neurological reality: the freeze response. The Freeze Response: A Brain Reaction Freezing is an automatic brain reaction to extreme danger. It...

For months, the issue of sexual consent has been at the center of political and societal debate.Should consent be explicitly written into the law to better define rape?Some hail the measure as a historic step forward, while others criticize it as a misleading or...