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Don't underestimate the power of words.
不要低估了語言的力量。
Saying to Thordis that I raped her changed my accord with myself, as well as with her.
向Thordis承認是我侵犯了她，改變了我的自我認知，也改變了我對她的認知。
But most importantly, the blame transferred from Thordis to me.
但最重要的，責備從Thordis轉向了我。
Far too often, the responsibility is attributed to female survivors of sexual violence, and not to the males who enact it.
常見的是，性暴力中的責任被歸咎于女性幸存者，而非作出性暴力行為的男性。
Far too often, the denial and running leaves all parties at a great distance from the truth.
常見的是，拒絕和逃避讓各方離真相越來越遠。
There's definitely a public conversation happening now, and like a lot of people,
目前已經有更多關于此的公眾討論，像很多人一樣，
we're heartened that there's less retreating from this difficult but important discussion.
由于大家變得更少逃避這一艱難卻重要的討論，我們因此得到鼓勵。
I feel a real responsibility to add our voices to it.
我感到有責任加入我們的聲音。
What we did is not a formula that we're prescribing for others.
我們所做的不是從他人學來的公式。
Nobody has the right to tell anyone else how to handle their deepest pain or their greatest error.
沒有人有權利告訴任何其他人如何處理內心深處的痛苦，或者是犯過的最大的錯誤。
Breaking your silence is never easy, and depending on where you are in the world,
打破沉默總是不容易的，它取決于你在這個世界所處的地方，
it can even be deadly to speak out about rape.
在一些地方可能公開談及強奸甚至會帶來致命的后果。
I realize that even the most traumatic event of my life is still a testament to my privilege,
我意識到，即使是我生命中最具創傷性的事件，仍然是我擁有特權的證明，
because I can talk about it without getting ostracized, or even killed.
因為我能夠談論它，而不會被排斥，更不會被殺害。
But with that privilege of having a voice comes the responsibility of using it.
但是雖然我擁有這項發聲的特權，隨之而來的是還有使用它的責任。
That's the least I owe my fellow survivors who can't.
這至少是我能為和我一樣、卻不能發聲的幸存者們所做的。
