Do you ever notice that when you talk about rape or abuse or sexual assault, people come out in droves to tell you that they’ve been through something similar? And no one is surprised. And why should they be? We’ve all heard the statistics. 1 in 6 women (and 1 in 33 men) will be sexually assaulted. 60% are not reported to the police. Every 2 minutes, someone in the US is sexually assaulted. Approximately 73% of rape victims know their assailants.

I am a woman. And I blog. Surely that means that I should fit in perfectly at BlogHer. Right? If ever there was a niche for me to nestle into, this would certainly be it. Except... I find myself wondering if maybe I'm not deep enough for the women of BlogHer. Every day I come here, looking for ways to contribute and new ideas. I scan the front page and the headlines - mainly because that's the only thing I've figured out how to do just yet. And within about 90 seconds I find myself very... overwhelmed.

Who doesn’t love a post about Abortion? First, some background information (ie, where the hell this is coming from). I read a post a while back about a blogger who had an abortion. This was a decision she’d made a long, long time ago and she has since become a wife, mother, etc. etc. etc. She decided to post about it because of a post that she had read. She came out and said “I had an abortion, this was why, and this is how I feel about it”.