Costa Rica: “Was it My Fault I Was Raped, Because I Went Out at Night?”

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Posted 22 August 2012 20:14 GMT

Written by
Juliana Rincón Parra

http://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/08/22/costa-rica-was-it-my-fault-i-was-raped-because-i-went-out-at-night/

"With strength and courage, blogger SophiadelSol of Love Fashion & Vintage has written about her recent carjacking, abduction and rape as she was out at night with her boyfriend. In a society that blames the victims for exposing themselves to muggings, theft and anything else that may happen to them, she has bravely stood up for victims and placed the blame on the society that allows these things to happen.

She wrote the post “That happened because you went out at night” as a response to a comment directed at her boyfriend when someone heard about the carjacking: that it happened to him because he went out at night. So she extrapolated: did it mean that it was also her fault she was raped?

She writes about the events that led to her assault, describing how they were taken at gunpoint from their car and forced to undress, and then tied and placed face-down in the middle of a coffee plantation. She writes that she was then taken away to be raped. SophiadelSol describes how she was able to run away, go to her boyfriend and together walk for hours among the coffee plants until they found a road at dawn. Her answer: No. It was not their fault."........