He then stalked me for six months around my college campus. Looking back I can see that he was deeply insecure and had been trying for months to control, intimidate and isolate me. But back then I could not understand what I was doing to make him so mad. Over the years, I have had other experiences with violence, discrimination and harassment. But these two instances are particularly vivid, perhaps because I never told anyone about them.
Shame can make women silent about the violence they experience.
It can make crimes invisible and difficult to address. It can push us to blame the victims. Worst of all, it can grant batterers and rapists the power they crave. Feminists for Life opposes all forms of violence - from domestic abuse to the death penalty, abortion and euthanasia. In reclaiming the nonviolence roots of feminism, FFL is also on the cutting edge.