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Rape | Photo 02
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Title: Rape | Photo 02
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at 07:59 on June 25th, 2009
In college I was a victim of date rape. I didn't tell anyone because I was ashamed and felt no one would believe that I didn't want it. I had to see this person everyday in my classes and on campus. That was 20 years ago, and I now know that I should of said something. I most likely wasn't the only one he had raped in such a way. When I tried to egnor the fact that I was raped, I was invalidating myself and my right as a human to be treated humanely. I spent years in recovery for the action of what he did to me. I recommend any woman to report a rape right away. you deserve to be validated and see justice.
at 09:26 on June 25th, 2009
Rozlyn--I had a similar experience. However, at my college, date rape was a "rite of passage" because almost every girl I knew in my dorm had it happen to them. No one ever said or did anything. We dealt with it, and kept it to ourselves. Which proved to be disastrous for me later in life when I had to actually COPE and DEAL with the aftermath and how it affected my relationships with men.
It's hard to speak out when all fingers are pointed at YOU...were you drunk? How were you dressed? Were you flirting with him or lead him on?
Unless you have direct physical evidence or witnesses, it's always the woman's word against the man. And you know who always wins that battle.
at 05:04 on July 4th, 2009
I thought I was immune to date rape. They were my brother' friends and I was one of them. I laughed at their crude jokes and comments when they were directed to other girls and listened while they shared with one another which of my girlfriends would do what in bed. When they had chosen a new girl to hit on they referred to her as a project and often shared compromising photographs with the group to prove the conquest. Then one night it was my turn to be the project. None of my protests made any difference.
at 12:30 on July 4th, 2009
MariaTR--
I thought I was immune to date rape after the first time it happened to me when I was 18. But it happened again when I was 34. So much for life experience. And it can happen again if we aren't constantly "on guard", as I was not because I thought I "knew how to handle things", which I obviously did not. We are never safe, and I will never feel safe again until the day I die.