Rape is Not Sex

LOVERS by Shan

Lemonada Media

Relationships, Society & Culture, Sexuality, Health & Fitness

5.0 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2021

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

In one of Shan’s toughest interviews to date, she sits down with New York Times Best Selling Author, Ashley C. Ford, who talks about her unconventional path to healing from sexual assault and how it impacted how she thought about sex. Shan also has a conversation with "Trauma Queen" Jimanekia about how to start the trauma healing process with a professional. If you are seeking support/resources due to sexual violence, you can reach out to organizations such as RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) by visiting www.rain.org or call their National Sexual Assault Hotline by dialing 800.656.HOPE (4673).Follow Shan on Instagram: www.instagram.com/shanboodyKeep up to date with Shan by joining the mailing list: www.shanboodram.com/joinFollow Ashley C. Ford on Instagram: www.instagram.com/smashfizzleBuy Ashley’s Book: Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir https://www.amazon.com/Somebodys-Daughter-Ashley-C-Ford/dp/1250305977Follow Jimanekia on Instagram: www.instagram.com/jimanekia See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I will share something that I wasn't planning on sharing.
0:07.0	I had a negative sexual experience when I was a teenager.
0:13.0	And because sex wasn't normalized in my house,
0:16.0	I wasn't able to talk about it.
0:18.0	And I kept it a secret for several years
0:22.0	from people that really should have known.
0:24.0	And I think that's where we have to start talking about sex
0:28.0	because there's so many people that have sexual trauma
0:32.0	that feel like they can't come forward because sex isn't a conversation in their house.
0:37.0	And so if someone is out there listening to this,
0:41.0	just know that I once felt the same way
0:44.0	and the way that we can end this stigma
0:47.0	is by taking the taboo away from pleasure.
0:50.0	Thank you. I love that.
0:52.0	Thank you for sharing that.
0:53.0	The things that you experience, the trauma you experience,
0:56.0	I am so sorry, you did not deserve that.
0:59.0	And I was talking to somebody recently who said the sentence to me
1:02.0	that has really opened up so much healing.
1:04.0	And that is simply rape is not sex.
1:07.0	And sexual assault is not sex.
1:10.0	That act is so much closer to violence than it is to sex.
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