After the Hockey Canada verdict, advocates fear survivors will fall silent
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Ms. Dunn is the executive director of the London Abused Women’s Centre, an organization that provides counselling and support for women and girls in the region who have been abused, trafficked or sexually assaulted.
One of the major challenges organizations like hers encounters is helping survivors feel safe enough to seek help.
“There is just this overarching fear of not being believed,” she said. “After what happened yesterday, I think it’s a real possibility that some may choose to stay silent.
“I don’t remember the judge’s exact words, but when she started, she was talking about how rape myths have no place in the courts, and then she went right on into rape myths,” Ms. Dunn
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