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Sexual Assault, Consent Education, and Victim Blaming with Katie McMahon
*TRIGGER WARNING*
This is a heavier episode as we speak of rape, sexual assault, and the criminal justice system. If you are suffering or recovering from a mood or mental disorder or are a victim of sexual assault, please listen with caution or skip this episode entirely. The last thing I would want is for hearing these things to set you back in your healing journey or trigger negative thoughts or emotions.
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Katie McMahon is a survivor of sexual assault and now turned advocate. Career-wise she is a speech therapist in K-12 Schools. She is the creator and host of Voices Not Victims, a platform to shatter silence, end shame, and amplify voices of healing, activism, and social justice. Katie is involved in curating educational material for Consent Education and believes prevention is the future.
In this episode, Katie shares her story of sexual assault. After she came home from traveling solo in a foreign country, she was on a high feeling so confident and independent. Once she was back home, she was sexually assaulted by a stranger, wrecking her confidence and sense of self. She takes us through what it was like reporting but not receiving justice as the criminal justice system failed her and played a role in victim blaming. In order to heal, she explored many different routes of healing from EMDR therapy to seeing a medicine man in Bali. She explains how important consent education is and how she's teaching her students to advocate for themselves and use their voices.
Katie shares more on the following:
- How the 2016 election sparked the fire beneath her activism and speaking up about her sexual assault
- PTSD and living in survival mode post assault
- How the criminal justice system failed her
- Exploring many forms of healing -- therapy, EMDR, energy healing, meditation, and a PTSD out patient program
- Shame and victim blaming
- Learning to take her power back and quit blaming herself
- Consent education
- Helping others find their voice
Tune in to hear the rest of her story and message!!
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Resources:
- National Sexual Assault Hotline: Call 1.800.656.HOPE (4673)
- We Are HER
- RAINN - Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network
- Honey is Here
- In the Wake Episode 34: Rape Culture with Laura W
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Check out Katie and her work:
- Podcast: Voices Not Victims
- Instagram: @voicesnotvictims
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- Website: whytli.com
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*TRIGGER WARNING*
This is a heavier episode as we speak of rape, sexual assault, and the criminal justice system. If you are suffering or recovering from a mood or mental disorder or are a victim of sexual assault, please listen with caution or skip this episode entirely. The last thing I would want is for hearing these things to set you back in your healing journey or trigger negative thoughts or emotions.
//
Katie McMahon is a survivor of sexual assault and now turned advocate. Career-wise she is a speech therapist in K-12 Schools. She is the creator and host of Voices Not Victims, a platform to shatter silence, end shame, and amplify voices of healing, activism, and social justice. Katie is involved in curating educational material for Consent Education and believes prevention is the future.
In this episode, Katie shares her story of sexual assault. After she came home from traveling solo in a foreign country, she was on a high feeling so confident and independent. Once she was back home, she was sexually assaulted by a stranger, wrecking her confidence and sense of self. She takes us through what it was like reporting but not receiving justice as the criminal justice system failed her and played a role in victim blaming. In order to heal, she explored many different routes of healing from EMDR therapy to seeing a medicine man in Bali. She explains how important consent education is and how she's teaching her students to advocate for themselves and use their voices.
Katie shares more on the following:
- How the 2016 election sparked the fire beneath her activism and speaking up about her sexual assault
- PTSD and living in survival mode post assault
- How the criminal justice system failed her
- Exploring many forms of healing -- therapy, EMDR, energy healing, meditation, and a PTSD out patient program
- Shame and victim blaming
- Learning to take her power back and quit blaming herself
- Consent education
- Helping others find their voice
Tune in to hear the rest of her story and message!!
//
Resources:
- National Sexual Assault Hotline: Call 1.800.656.HOPE (4673)
- We Are HER
- RAINN - Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network
- Honey is Here
- In the Wake Episode 34: Rape Culture with Laura W
//
Check out Katie and her work:
- Podcast: Voices Not Victims
- Instagram: @voicesnotvictims
//
Follow along with the rest of my journey.
- Instagram:
- @whytli
- @inthewakewithwhytli
- Facebook: Whytli Rogers
- Twitter: @whytli
- Pinterest: Whytli
- TikTok: @whytli
- LinkedIn: Whytli Rogers
- Website: whytli.com
- Contact me here.
Support the show