the effect of this is to silence victims and let the perpetrators get away with it. which, I suspect, is the real reason it's done
Maxi MolinaI feel so weird trying to get people to read my free memoir. Like "hey y'all! Don't you want to know the horrible ways I was abused? :D " but that IS the point. That I'm reclaiming that I did nothing shameful; my scars are mine, and they're the ones who should be hiding for inflicting them