As a reaction to a system where literally thousands of women's rape kits are not tested for years due to a combination of mismanagement, underfunding and understaffing, as well to structural issues such as male police officers not taking sexual assault accusations seriously or subjecting victims of assault to traumatizing questioning with no care about their mental well-being.
Back then, the status quo was "if you're a woman and you got raped, good luck getting justice".
Back then, the status quo was "if you're a woman and you got raped, good luck getting justice".