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Did you read last week's edition of This Week @ Doorways? We described our community's increasing needs, growing threats against survivors, and shrinking funds for services for survivors. Survivors who need and deserve all the support we can give them.

If you haven't read it, check it out now to learn about these challenges and five things you can do about them right now to support survivors.

Critical Fund for US Domestic Violence Victims Faces Major Cuts

"Advocates are bracing for a major funding cut to a critical source of support for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse in the US that will take effect later this year.

A total of 37%, or $700m, will be slashed from the national Crime Victims Fund, an essential lifeline for state and local services such as domestic violence hotlines and legal assistance for survivors, when the government's next fiscal year begins in October."

“The consequences of not being able to access services are so dire. And we worry, of course, that it is deadly.” 

—Monica McLaughlin, Senior Director of Public Policy, National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV)

At 17, She Fell in Love With a 47-Year-Old. Now She Questions the Story.

"Looking back on it five decades later, she realized there was something sinister about his conduct that she had failed to grasp before — an older man, a teacher in a position of power, taking advantage of his student, a teenager who craved his approval.

'In a marriage you have this shared mythology, and you have to share the mythology while your partner’s still alive,' Ciment said. 'But once your partner dies, the story becomes yours.'"

Consent in "Bridgerton" Sex Scenes Is Getting Better, But Experts Still Point to Flaws

"Colin and Penelope's first time isn't a perfect scene; the power dynamics around gender remain. The man is both socially advanced and more sexually experienced than his partner. She does not know what is going to happen during the interaction, and he only minimally explains.

'For informed consent to take place, the less experienced partner must understand exactly what they're agreeing to. They must know what the acts they're signing up for involve, and all the possible consequences.'"