The title, "I thought it was just a part of life," highlights a central finding: many women viewed their experiences of abuse as normalized or inevitable parts of their existence, rather than isolated criminal acts.
: Unlike many academic papers, the report was published for free rather than behind a journal paywall, ensuring the findings were accessible to survivors and the public [28]. 22419 rar
The study was born from the belief that existing statistics on sexual violence (often cited as "1 in 5" or "1 in 10") were under-estimations that didn't capture the true scale of life-long experiences for women [28]. The title, "I thought it was just a