COVER STORY · MAY 2018
# METOO A NATIONAL MOVEMENT WHICH AFFECTS US ALL
There are some things in life that everyone seems to have to go through . You have your first heartbreak , your first loss , your first love . But since when has the first time you ’ re catcalled or simply made to feel uncomfortable in the presence of a superior or a coworker deemed as one of these involuntary firsts ?
We don ’ t ask for a lot of what comes to us in our lives . Some things we have to just take , like a bitter pill . In the end our first love will have made us learn what it ’ s like to put someone equal to ourselves in our hearts . Our first loss teaches us how to care about something so much more than we ever imagined we could before it ’ s gone .
However , all that sexual harassment teaches a girl is that she has no control over what is rightfully hers : her body .
In the last decade , over 17 million women have reported experiencing sexual assault .
That number may seem surprising and even difficult but the truth of the matter is that it ’ s the reality . But we can ’ t just sit on the truth for and feel sorry for ourselves , we have to do something about it , and the great thing is that we can . It all starts with you . Remembering that , whether you are a man or a woman you are the first step to stopping the unthinkable from happening to you or someone you love . What ’ s next ?
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