text: As a survivor of sexual assault that, mercifully, didn't make it all the way to rape, (but was nonetheless horrible and traumatizing), Trump makes me almost physically ill. His words unsettle me to the point of stirring up awful memories and the very idea of having to deal with him in power for even four years is sickening. His victory would be a signal to a lot of very, very bad people that they now have a mandate for their ugly behavior, their bigotry, and misogyny, their homophobia, and Islamophobia. It wouldn't surprise me at all that, if he won, rates of violence against women and minority groups would soar.