It is useless, unhelpful, and rude to judge or shame Savannah for her personal life or parenting decisions while telling her story.

“I am certainly not here to judge victims or their parents on their decisions you know in their life leading up to what happened to them and I would very much appreciate if we don't victim shame and Mom shame Savannah in the comments on this video because I know that there will be people that do that”

Dea believes that victims of sexual assault by medical professionals have a responsibility to speak out to prevent those individuals from harming others in the future.

“once I realized that I wasn't just me being targeted it's it's like I have a greater responsibility to do something about it”

Sexual assault on college campuses is a serious problem that is occurring at an all-time high rate.

“It's a disgusting trend that needs to stop. Incidents of sexual assault on college campuses are at an all-time high.”

Sexual assault survivors in foreign countries need better advocacy and support systems to help them report crimes and hold perpetrators accountable.

“I think in general there needs to be more things put in place to make people feel comfortable enough and safe enough to come forward cuz I think there's so many aspects that people they question themselves or they don't feel comfortable to come forward or like who do I talk to who do I even go to”

The speaker claims she was not at fault for the sexual assault she experienced, despite initial feelings of self-blame.

“I'm here to tell you along with I'm sure a lot of other people that you 100% weren't at fault because you don't you don't know what you're going to do in any moment whether it's something like that whether it's somebody holding a gun to your head or literally anything”

Sexual violence is a tool of war that must be recognized and prosecuted as a war crime and crime against humanity.

“No matter what you believe should happen in the Middle East, I believe in a two-state solution. No matter what flag you're flying, march you're going to, you can all be united on one thing, which is sexual violence should never be used as a tool of war.”

Ariel Lyndsey believes that the act of sexually assaulting someone is inherently evil because it strips an individual of their agency and violates their bodily sovereignty.

“I think like stealing someone's agency is one of the most evil evil sinister things someone can do.”

Sexual assault survivors must act as their own best advocates to secure justice and navigate the legal system.

“I always felt like a woman should be my biggest advocate. And I I quickly learned that the only person that can be my best advocate and speak up for myself was myself.”