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Modesty shouldn’t be a prerequisite for respect and it shouldn’t be the sole indicator of self-respect. The level of modesty a female victim is perceived to have in her clothing choices is irrelevant – she is not to blame for the actions of her perpetrators.

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Sexual predators aren’t just creepy men who live down the street or shadowy figures who follow you down alleyways. They’re your classmates, your friends, your family members. Sometimes, they’re your heroes.

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An hour after posting these two photos on Facebook, I was informed that I’d been suspended from the social media site for 24-hours for posting “content that threatens or promotes sexual violence or exploitation.”

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I said “no.” I did what I was always told I was supposed to do. I clearly and emphatically told him to stop. But he ignored me.

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You are not excused for standing by, as a man, woman, or person, enjoying your pedestal and wealth and comfort.

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Take this in: rape culture exists because we as people like to think that it does not.

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Ms. Bialik’s article perpetuates that idea that women can avoid abuse and harassment and assault if we would only “dress modestly” or not “act flirtatiously” or be “perfect tens.”

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Women are not happy about his hypocritical message.

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Our society is not good at recognizing patterns of female sexual misbehavior because our investigations are still set up with the assumption they are there to find and identify male “creeps.”

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As more and more women are coming out with their sexual assault stories, Terry Crews came out with his own.