We want a world in which women can walk alone in public and not look over their shoulder, but today’s reality proves to be anything but.
Fortunately, many brave women are sharing their safety strategies to make sure whatever danger they’ve encountered never happens to someone else.
One woman was able to rely on someone else’s experience when realizing she was being followed, and we are passing along her story in hopes to prepare as many women as possible for the same situation if it arises.
My name is Hannah Carter, and for most of my life I convinced myself my family was simply “a bit traditional.” I was the dependable older sister—the…
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always grew wary of people who say “family first” but act differently. My cousin Caroline claimed she understood when I missed her wedding because my father suffered…
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