Her words were viewed more than 11 million times within four days and read on the floor of Congress.

Doe also writes about a particularly hurtful comment she read that had some staying power.

One comment managed to lodge harmfully inside me: Sad.

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I hope my daughter never ends up like her, she writes.

I absorbed that statement.

As if we end somewhere, as if what was done to me marked the completion of my story.

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