02/10/2026
Our headlines are inundated with stories of abuse and exploitation.
The shocking case from Cornell University is deeply disturbing, and demonstrates how the silence of observers, hidden behind a phone screen, can become compliance with abuse itself.
At Dignify, our vision is to normalise healthy and open conversations about relationships, p**nography and objectification.
Children need to grow up understanding consent, boundaries, respect and healthy relationships. They need to know what abuse looks like, how to challenge harmful behaviour, and why being a bystander is not neutrality.
We need to raise children better. We need to change the narrative so that another Cornell 7 never exists.
That means talking early and openly about consent, the bystander effect, p**nography and the ways objectification can become normalised.
Parents, schools and universities need to take this as a wake-up call... in the US and beyond. Misogyny and violence against women and girls remain rampant. The fight is not over.
We need to keep talking about abuse. About consent. About p**nography.
Because silence on abuse fuels abuse. Conversation, education and action can help stop it.
Find out more about what we're doing at dignify.org.