Emily Jamea, Ph.D., is a sex therapist, author and podcast host. You can find her here each month to share her latest thoughts about sex. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. My 2 o’clock client, Nicola, sat across from me on the sofa, her legs tucked under her. She glanced out the window at the
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April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. I was a 22-year-old record label manager with siren-red dyed hair the night I was attacked at knifepoint in front of my New York City apartment door. The stranger bound, blindfolded and brutally raped me for hours. I did not float above my body and watch the events from
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. I was a carefree 11-year-old walking down the street when a man approached me, swiftly grabbing my breast before running off. While I didn’t have the words for it then, it was sexual assault, and it wouldn’t be my only experience. There was the time when a man on