Mike DomitrzPresident, Author, and Speaker on Respect, The Center for Respect, Inc. · Author & Speaker on Respect for Schools, Corporations, & the Military since 1990 (has reached

You would intervene for a loved one. Why not another human?

26 Jul 2023 · 1 min

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In this segment, the speaker confronts the common rationalization that sexual assault is so frequent it becomes normalized. He asks listeners to consider whether they would intervene if the perpetrator were a loved one, emphasizing that moral responsibility does not diminish with familiarity. By highlighting the phrase “it happens all the time,” he argues that such statements merely acknowledge the pervasive presence of rape and sexual assault, not excuse it. The speaker asserts that no one finds these acts acceptable and calls for a clear stance against complacency.

It happens so much that people get used to it. Great example. What if that's your loved one, though? Then do you intervene? How many agree if it's your loved one who's erring, you're intervening no matter how often you've seen it happen to other people? If you agree that's true, say, that's true. That's true. So let's be clear. None of us think it's acceptable. We just proved it. So people can try to say, that happens all the time. Does it? By the way, the more they say it happens all the time, the more we're acknowledging how much rape and sexual assault is all around us.