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The Most Dangerous Doctors Are the Safest

A system reveals its values by how it responds to vulnerability versus harm. In healthcare, when a doctor admits to struggling with substance use or emotional distress, the response is often punitive or shaming. Instead of being met with support … Continue reading

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Hidden in Plain Sight: Predators, Power, and the Systems That Shelter Them

I didn’t set out to study the neurobiology of predators. I got there by surviving them. My interest in this work comes from a long history of being harmed by people in power, capped by what is known as “The … Continue reading

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A Lion at My Neck: The Coast Guard’s Sexual Assault Crisis Demands Urgent Reform

When the US Coast Guard towed my disabled sailboat 8 years ago today, I encountered a predator within the ranks. My experience underscores a systemic failure: the military’s persistent inability to address sexualized violence, protect survivors, and hold perpetrators accountable. … Continue reading

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Achieving Resolution When Abusers Deny Accountability

Our abusers’ refusal to accept responsibility is one of the many challenges difficult for us trauma survivors to accept. Abusers don’t want to acknowledge what they did because then they’d have to take responsibility or be held accountable and that’s … Continue reading

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The Distribution of Predators in Healthcare

Six years ago today, I became a victim of medicalized sexual violence at the hands of a gynecologist who used his position of power to assault me while I was unconscious, removing healthy tissue without my consent. I reported his … Continue reading

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