Japan-raised American fights for rights of sexual assault survivors

Chessy Prout, an American teenager who lived most of her life in Japan, at first felt a sense of powerlessness when seeing the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment and assault beginning to gain steam last year.About four years before the movement became a global force, Prout, currently 19 years old, was sexually assaulted by one of the most popular seniors at an elite boarding school in New Hampshire.Fast forward to late 2017, and she saw she was not alone in her experience. But she also felt overwhelmed by the scale of sexual violence.There were "millions of other people who were goin…READ FULL ARTICLE