The cycle of denial and shame felt by Cornell’s Jane Doe follows a typical pattern for sexual assault survivors, experts say

A woman who says she was sexually assaulted as a freshman at Brown University in 2021 has experienced a common pattern of responses among survivors, including denial and shame, according to experts. The story examines how survivors often struggle to process what happened to them and question their own actions following an assault.

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