Stop Calling Sexual Assault Victims “Survivors”

It’s Time to Reclaim the Word Victim

By Danielle Campoamor

I sat on a kitchen stool, shivering, while a tired, almost annoyed police officer haphazardly pressed the side button of his handheld radio perched atop his shoulder. “The victim is a 25-year-old female, brown hair, brown eyes, approximately 5’6’’, 120 pounds. Slightly…