Comments | ioncewascool: case file 004: Take Back the Night

ioncewascool

case file 004: Take Back the Night

May 28, 2009 15:15

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT

One out of every six women and one out of every thirty-three men will be victims of rape during the course of their life ( Read more... )

curse: amnesty international, men can be feminists too, mister feminist, take back the night, knight in shining armor

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girlwithabow May 28 2009, 19:35:03 UTC

Not today. Not here. Please don't remind me. Please.

Don't make a speech. It just trivializes the horror.

ioncewascool May 29 2009, 01:17:05 UTC

Like I said, the facts speak for themselves.

girlwithabow May 29 2009, 01:23:55 UTC

Number 13. What if you're grabbed from the neck from behind and choked?

Because I need to know that I couldn't prevent it.

1/2 ioncewascool May 29 2009, 01:29:35 UTC

You might be able to bend back his fingers, get him to let go. But none of these suggestions guarantee your safety. There is nothing a woman can do to guarantee that she will never be raped. Rape is a widespread social disease, and it can only be stopped through widespread social action.

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revengeisalie May 28 2009, 19:43:19 UTC

... I don't even have words.

ioncewascool May 29 2009, 01:17:50 UTC

Oh I've got plenty of them. It's sickening and disgusting and humanity's greatest shame.

revengeisalie May 29 2009, 09:27:37 UTC

You don't say... geez, I knew there were some disgusting people out there, but for it to happen that often...

watch Dawn shut down for a second. tothelibrary May 28 2009, 20:02:33 UTC

Oh.

/reboots her? ioncewascool May 29 2009, 01:16:19 UTC

Shocking, isn't it?

private; SOB way to engage the Summers sister defensiveness, GOD Keith (ilu katie) tothelibrary May 29 2009, 02:00:57 UTC

Less shocking, more realistic. Also, phrased a little bit insensitively.

...It's um... a good thought, though. I just think maybe it was a blinky text past being helpful and into being hurtful.

private; HE'S CUUUUUURSED /sobs forever ioncewascool May 29 2009, 02:31:26 UTC

I needed to get people's attention. Too many people don't realize just how many rapists get away with what they've done.

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oops, this happened to mommy hundredflowers May 28 2009, 20:25:51 UTC

Too much detail.

ahahah sorry ioncewascool May 29 2009, 01:18:28 UTC

I'm sorry if this is uncomfortable for you. But people need to know. Sexual assault won't stop if this culture of silence continues.

theserenashow May 28 2009, 20:37:04 UTC

They don't always back down when you put up a fight.

ioncewascool May 29 2009, 01:20:03 UTC

That's true. A lot of times there's no escaping, and all you can do is your best to survive.

theserenashow May 29 2009, 01:55:17 UTC

You know, Mr. Mars, this is a really sensitive subject for a lot of people.

ioncewascool May 29 2009, 02:32:57 UTC

And for even more people, it's a topic they never think about.

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