Laws Fail Survivors
Epstein Island was a Rape Island.
It was a rape island to which girls and women were kidnapped so that wealthy and powerful men could perpetrate sexual violence upon them.
This systematic sexual violence, rape culture, has global reach.
In November 2025, every page of the Epstein files was meant to be released by court order.
Instead, only a sanitized fraction of the files was released, and the rapists' and child molesters' names were redacted and protected.
The victims' names were exposed.
Once again, the wealthy and the powerful were shielded. The poor and disenfranchised were re-traumatized, crushed under the boot heel of the entitled, and their voices further suppressed by corrupt and complicit politicians.
Our legal system, our society, our world supports sexual violence, protects especially wealthy pedophiles and rapists, and wears the victims down until they finally just give up.
The legal system is failing you: here's why and what must change
Sexual Violence Laws Must Change to Better Support Victims
Treat sexual assault legally, in the same way murder is treated
I want sexual assault to be treated the same way murder is treated under the law. When a woman or child is sexually violated, the person she once was dies.
She is dead and gone.
She feels ashamed and afraid to report because of rape culture. Rape culture protects the predator and punishes the survivor. Our society does not support bringing sexual predators to justice.
Changing the laws will change rape culture. If rape isn't given the weight it deserves in the legal system, men, police officers, judges, lawyers, and juries will never take it seriously.
Our entire legal system, in fact, our entire society, is designed to shame survivors of sexual assault into silence.
What are the key statistics victims need to know?
The scale of the crisis, in numbers
1 in 5
Girls and women are sexually violated, equivalent to approximately one quarter of all women
80%
Of all women in America have been sexually harassed
99.9%
Of perpetrators will never be brought to justice under the current system
What if we were aware that 1 in 5 (or more) of all girls and women were murdered? That means that almost all of those girls and women will have their life destroyed, while her abuser goes on to live a happy, sometimes very successful life.
What law changes would actually protect survivors?
5 demands that would transform the legal system for survivors
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Classify sexual violence as domestic terrorism
Recognize the widespread and long-term harm of sexual violence by designating it as domestic terrorism under federal law.
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Abolish all statutes of limitations for sexual violence
Eliminate time limits for prosecuting sexual violence cases for victims of all ages, not just children.
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Make new sexual assault laws retroactive
Allow future sexual assault legislation to apply to past cases so survivors can benefit from expanded protections and justice.
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Mandate rape kit processing within 21 days
Require law enforcement to test all rape kits within three weeks to ensure timely justice and prevent evidence from being ignored or lost.
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Expand sexual harassment protections to all public spaces
Apply sexual harassment laws beyond the workplace, including bars, public transport, stores, schools, and more. -
Financial Restitution: There are a multitude of studies that show that girls and women who experience a sexual violation of any kind fare far worse in their careers and earnings than do their counterparts. Every girl and woman who has ever experienced sexual violence should receive substantial financial restitution.
Why are rape kits left untested? What happens to evidence?
Sexual assault is so pervasive it has become normalized, including the erasure of evidence
It has become normal for hundreds of rape kits to sit untouched on police station shelves, sometimes for decades. If reporting rape isn't made as safe and straightforward as reporting something like a stolen car, we will keep seeing the same things:
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Rapists getting elected president.
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Trump bribing Maxwell to lie for him.
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Pedophiles and rapists walking free.
And if nothing changes, it won't just keep happening; it will get worse.
What does sexual assault actually feel like from the inside?
A note from a survivor
In her own words
"It would have been better if I'd been shot. Then you would see the hole in me. Then you would see how it killed me. Then you would see how dead I am inside. What you see now is an empty shell trying to act like a human being. Why didn't I speak up? Why didn't I tell someone? Why didn't I #sayhisname? Because there was no more 'me'. My home was invaded, and 'I' was killed when he stabbed me over and over."
What does justice and remuneration look like for survivors?
Mandatory prison time. And remuneration.
Native American people are remunerated for the abuse perpetrated against them by the racial genocide of white people. I want sexual violence against women, which has gone on since the dawn of man, to be recognized as domestic terrorism, and I want women to be remunerated in the way Native American people were
Mandatory prison time for first time offenders.
Why are perpetrators' names being protected?
The names of sexual predators are being protected, and that must end
You've heard the recording of Trump saying he would release Kennedy files but might not release all of the Epstein files because he doesn't want to potentially ruin the life of a perpetrator.
When I found my perpetrator online and started talking about reaching out to him, and when he didn't respond, his friends and family asked me why I wanted to ruin his life. That is laughable
Rapists and pedophiles have anonymity. They are treated with more care and respect than the women they have violated.
The #MeToo movement only got us so far. So what, everyone and their mother was sexually assaulted? Now that people know, they assume nothing really happened. What we need is the #SayHisName® movement.
Questions survivors are searching for answers to
What survivors want to know, answered directly
Why didn't I report sooner?
Because rape culture, victim blaming, and a legal system designed to shame survivors into silence made it impossible. It is not your fault. It was never your fault.
What if my statute of limitations has already run out?
That is exactly why we are fighting to abolish all statutes of limitations for sexual violence, for victims of all ages, and make new laws retroactive. Your story still matters. Your voice still matters.
Why are there hundreds of untested rape kits sitting in police stations?
Because under the current system, sexual assault is not given the weight of murder. We are demanding rape kit processing be mandated within 21 days, no exceptions.
Is it safe to say his name publicly?
It's not slander if it's true. The #SayHisName® movement exists to give survivors the courage, community, and legal context to speak their truth. You are not alone.
The #SaYHisName® Movement
