I Was Drugged and Assaulted By My Husband For Years

About this episode

Zoe Watts shares her harrowing experience of being drugged and assaulted by her husband, discussing the complexities of recognizing abuse and the impact of cultural messages around consent.

Trigger Warning: This episode includes discussion of sexual abuse and trauma. Listener discretion is advised. What happens when the person you trust most is secretly violating that trust for years? In this episode of Consider Before Consuming, Zoe Watts shares her story of discovering that her husband had been drugging and sexually assaulting her while she slept. Zoe opens up about the confusion and disbelief she experienced, why it took time to fully understand what had happened, and the emotional and physical toll the trauma left behind. Zoe also discusses how abuse within marriage is often minimized or misunderstood, the harmful cultural messages that blur the lines around consent, and the disturbing online communities built around sharing and consuming nonconsensual “sleep content.” After her story became part of a major CNN investigation into online sexual exploitation, Zoe founded End Eye Check, an advocacy movement focused on raising awareness around drug-facilitated sexual abuse and supporting survivors. In this episode, we discuss how sexual abuse can hide within long-term relationships, why some survivors struggle to recognize abuse right away, how online communities…

People in this episode

Guest: Zoe Watts

Topics covered

• sexual abuse
• trauma
• marital abuse
• consent
• survivor support
• online exploitation

Keywords

• drug-facilitated sexual abuse
• marriage
• trauma recovery
• consent
• survivor advocacy
• online communities
• sexual exploitation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: End Eye Check, CNN

Books & works: Exposing a global ‘rape academy’, She Was Asleep While It Happened: Gisèle Pelicot and the Disturbing Rise of “Sleep Porn”

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