When You’re Caught in the Web of Sexual Violence and It Feels Normal

And saying NO bears repeating

Michelle Marie Warner
Age of Empathy
Published in
6 min readApr 29, 2024

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CW: Sexual assault

Sexual assault isn’t always obvious. He’ll normalize it, and she’ll believe him.

There’s a quiet, insidious way he chooses for her, convincing her it’s what she wanted after all. He can make her forget he’s violated her. Even…

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Michelle Marie Warner
Age of Empathy

Writer of most things personal, socially conscious, sensitive, single LGBTQIA+ mom. Ready to bite off more than I've been chewing. michellewarner718@gmail.com