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The courage of survivors will always be stronger than Donald Trumps hate.
The lives of survivors will always be more important than Brett Kavanaughs career, she wrote.
Ive watched, horrified aspoliticiansand pundits refused to believe or take seriously these allegations.
Many will not report their abuse.
The system in place to handle sexually based offenses isoften ineffective.
It took me years after my assault to voice the experience to my closest friends.
It took me three decades to tell my parents that the assault had even happened.
I never filed a police report.
I never told officials.
I never tried to find justice for my pain because justice was never an option.
For me, speaking up meant reliving one of the worst moments of my life.
This is what every survivor goes through.
And the highest court in our land is no place for an alleged sexual offender to sit.
