Women who have been victims of sexual violence join a group called Small Talk and begin to reveal their experiences. By talking to others, they bare their hearts and rediscover themselves and help each other grow. And as they collide with the outside world, they grow stronger. With wit and courage, they deconstruct the stereotype of victims, and therein lies the beauty of their survival talk.

"Sexual Violence Survivors Speak Out" is a venue for women to go public about how they were subject to sexual violence. "Incidents" that had been denied recognition and memory - but like a recurring nightmare had refused to be forgotten and had kept themselves alive through the cowering attitude of the victims - are finally given voice.
I was shocked to the core on the day I went to a Speak Out. Most of the participants were crying silently, speaking with their eyes that they too were survivors as the speakers’ words resonated deep in their hearts. As I watched and listened to them, many thoughts began to collide within me as well.
Then as a woman shared an experience that she’d kept a secret for 40 years and people expressed empathyand support and cried with her, I suddenly remembered with shock that I’d had a similar experience. That was when the words "sexual violence" started to take on a new meaning for me.
And now, the Variety Survival Talkshow is going to say it out loud.
Through the behind-the-scenes stories of survivors as they redirect their lives and their perspectives of society, you’ll see that sexual violence is at the center of the collision point of double standards about sex that society imposes on men and women. We’ll begin to challenge the conventions we’d been taught about women’s bodies, how we were supposed to hide our womanhood. You’ll get to meet women in Variety Survival Talkshow who are in love with sexual violence. And their fellow travelers are all the people who think they have nothing to do with sexual violence. So everyone in for the ride, keep your seatbelts fastened till the end of the show!

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