NEW YORK — The newspaper was about to come out with Leesa Perazzo’s account of being raped at 16. Going public about the rape “was terrifying and amazingly empowering, all at the same time,” the 52-year-old Perazzo says. It can be healing and liberating to come forward, say victims — or survivors, as many prefer to be called. But many did not, despite the possible consequences of going public. “Know that you don’t have to share your story to be a survivor,” says Farhan, 34, of Portsmouth, England.

Source: National Post February 06, 2018 19:52 UTC