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Manifestor_of_Light

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23. Sexual assault of any kind is devastating. Does not have to be rape.

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Mon Dec 3, 2012, 03:16 AM

Dec 2012

and then imagine a District Attorney who refuses to prosecute.

Doesn't that make a victim feel like she does not matter, that she is not important, that she is not believed?

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Rape Changes Lives, and Often Devastatingly. [View all] MineralMan Dec 2012 OP

Did she have any counseling afterward to try to help her work through her RKP5637 Dec 2012 #1

Yes. She had been in counseling since the time of the rape. MineralMan Dec 2012 #2

I really never realized there were so many people with the same name until I've RKP5637 Dec 2012 #5

Yup. I have a common name, too. MineralMan Dec 2012 #7

If you really wanted to find her ... GeorgeGist Dec 2012 #15

Could someone PM me when DU Rape Week is over? leftstreet Dec 2012 #3

They're easy enough to skip, if you read the titles. MineralMan Dec 2012 #4

The apologists and freaks aren't skipping them leftstreet Dec 2012 #6

I can post them anyhow. Why should such things be hidden away MineralMan Dec 2012 #9

Your ladyfriend might disagree leftstreet Dec 2012 #12

What happened is not in any way attached to anyone's name. MineralMan Dec 2012 #13

It is a common story etherealtruth Dec 2012 #14

They shouldn't be hidden away. Some people just need to grow the f--- up. Iris Dec 2012 #18

+1 Squinch Dec 2012 #19

I was NOT going to post in this thread, however! Some of us who have survived rape(s) are reading. Melinda Dec 2012 #11

How about someone PM-ing you when rape mzmolly Dec 2012 #21

Thank you so much MM for your thoughtful post. smirkymonkey Dec 2012 #8

I'm sure it's a story that could be told by very many people. MineralMan Dec 2012 #10

I was raped when I was 11 years old...my mother told me to 'wash that filth off your body' angstlessk Dec 2012 #16

I am so sorry about all of this renate Dec 2012 #22

K&R Odin2005 Dec 2012 #17

Even attempted rape can do that. flvegan Dec 2012 #20

Sexual assault of any kind is devastating. Does not have to be rape. Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2012 #23