00:00Something bad happened in a small town. Someone was hurt. People gathered to talk about it. They tried to make
00:07sense of what happened. If she hadn't been out so late, if she hadn't been there at all, if she
00:14had acted differently, the words sounded like explanations.
00:18But they were fear. Because believing this won't happen to me if I behave correctly feels safer than admitting that
00:26harm can happen to anyone. But the truth is this. No one causes their own violation. No one deserves to
00:33be hurt. Blame doesn't protect us. It only silences pain and teaches the wounded to hide.
00:40Healing begins when we stop asking, what did they do wrong? And start asking, how do we protect one another?
