The Anatomy of Silence

Author: Dougherty, Cyra Perry

Society & social sciences

Published on 8 March 2019 by Red Press Ltd.

Before #MeToo, there was silence.

Let's talk about that silence.

The Anatomy of Silence is a collection of voices speaking out loud - often for the first time - about what it means to stay silent, to be silenced, and to break the silence that surrounds sexual violence. About how we are all complicit in creating that silence. It offers an unflinching account of how a culture of shame perpetuates a culture of violence against our bodies--and reflects on what it would take to create a world in which that silence - once broken - stays broken.