Sarah Burke

It's one in three.

And that's according to the World Health Organization.

So like the most global number that we can figure out.

Crazy.

Kind of goes back to Giselle Pellicot, right?

Like this is like, I think the first time people would be engaging in the idea and concept of this happening.

Although what we see from these online academies is that it's everywhere and it's deeply woven into society and community in certain places, private Discord communities, Telegram.

So imagine the strength of Giselle not even knowing how this was happening everywhere to bring her story forward.

I actually saw her book on display at Indigo yesterday, too.

She's written a memoir about it.

It's...

It's a very private and shameful part of yourself that you're carrying around until you let it out.

So I'm glad that she did for that reason.

You can't conclusively say that about people in your circle now even because of how like secretive this has been.

You can only speak for yourself when you say I would never do that.

You can't say so and so would never do that because you literally don't know.

You don't know.

For a subject that's like so far out there for most people, but now we're saying one in three women are experiencing something sexual assault related.

I think it was in January I had a fellow broadcaster on my podcast, Ange Stever.

I met her while I was working in Kingston.