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The Legal Network for Gender Equity and TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund hosted a webinar on “Un(believable) What We Hear and Believe when Certain Survivors Speak Out about Sexual Violence,” on March 9, 2022.
This discussion addressed how stereotypes and biases about the ways that survivors of sexual violence appear or present influence perceptions of their credibility. The discussion focused on stereotypes and bias surrounding physical body shape and size, race, disability (particularly unseen disabilities), and gender expression, and included an exploration of how these biases may be intertwined and strategies for disrupting such bias as advocates and allies.
Our speakers included:
Copies of the slides and speaker biographies are available for download on this page.
