{"id":12388,"date":"2021-02-02T22:17:15","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T11:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&p=185201"},"modified":"2021-02-04T01:16:22","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T01:16:22","slug":"alexandria-ocasio-cortez-sexual-assault-survivor-trauma","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-sexual-assault-survivor-trauma\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Reveals She Is a Sexual Assault Survivor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In an Instagram live<\/a> on Monday evening, Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez went public for the first time about being a survivor of sexual assault. While opening up about how traumatizing last month\u2019s attack of the US capitol building was, AOC likened those who have tried to downplay how terrifying the situation was – telling her to \u201cmove on\u201d and get over it – to those who downplay both accusations from survivors of sexual assault and the ongoing work that comes with healing from any kind of trauma.<\/span><\/p>\n

While speaking about the attack on January 6th, when a group of violent Trump supporters stormed the building where AOC and other members of government were, the 31-year-old started getting visibly emotional. “The reason I’m getting emotional in this moment,\u201d she explained, \u201cis because the folks who tell us to move on, that it’s not a big deal, that we should forget what’s happened, or even telling us to apologize, these are the same tactics of abusers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

“I’m a survivor of sexual assault, and I haven’t told many people that in my life,” she continued. “But when we go through trauma, trauma compounds on each other.”<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhether you had a neglectful parent or whether you had someone who was verbally abusive to you, whether you are a survivor of abuse, whether you experienced any sort of trauma in your life \u2026 These episodes can compound on one another.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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