Pressley Speaks Out on Cornell Case, Reaffirms Support for Survivors of Sexual Violence
October 02, 2026
October 02, 2026
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news:
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Pressley Speaks Out on Cornell Case, Reaffirms Support for Survivors of Sexual Violence
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"If I said I'm signing my daughter up for a self-defense class, no one would blink at that. When the larger question is, why do you have to do that? Why have we decided that that is a normalized part of what it is to be a girl, to be a woman?"
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Pressley Speaks Out on Cornell Case, Reaffirms Support for Survivors of Sexual Violence
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"If I said I'm signing my daughter up for a self-defense class, no one would blink at that. When the larger question is, why do you have to do that? Why have we decided that that is a normalized part of what it is to be a girl, to be a woman?"
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