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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsShe's STILL traumatized.
That's all I've got as a takeaway.
And she's NOT a professional actress, either.
malaise
(269,328 posts)She's destroying them
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)Resign his partnership in his law firm in order to represent her.
Gregory Peccary
(490 posts)Why did he have to resign?
Mr.Bill
(24,373 posts)working with Dr. Ford.
still_one
(92,527 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,792 posts)DallasNE
(7,404 posts)And the Republican prosecutor missed why that is so. It is the lack of an escape route in the plane rather than the actual of act of flying that triggers the fear. This was an odd choice to attack her credibility and attacking her credibility is the sole purpose of every question. There has been zero effort at fact finding. What a sham.
KSNY
(315 posts)sarge43
(28,946 posts)you can not forget it.
Lonestarblue
(10,170 posts)I was in an accident as a teenager and suffered a mild concussion, but more than 50 years later I still remember the details of that accident. And for many, many years after I would occasionally wake in the middle of the night reliving part of the accident. I was not even seriously hurtI can not imagine Dr. Fords anxiety and sense of violation.
LiberalFighter
(51,388 posts)I just remembered that I had speared my little left toe when I was about 5 years old with a pitchfork digging for potatoes. Then I looked at my right ring finger with the memory of slice the side with my grandpa's razor and it bled profusely. This all happened about 60 years ago.
calimary
(81,608 posts)She is VERY credible and persuasive as hell. I believe her.
I TOTALLY believe her.
FM123
(10,054 posts)BumRushDaShow
(130,043 posts)Still fearful - most likely of something like that happening again - year after year since it first happened.
RockaFowler
(7,429 posts)calimary
(81,608 posts)Tess49
(1,580 posts)head for decades.
calimary
(81,608 posts)"Half of America is crying."
How could you NOT be moved by hearing her testimony, hearing her recollections, hearing her VOICE? How could you possibly question her credibility, call her a liar, and worse? And automatically judge for the male in this, instead of her. I guess you'd have to ask a Republi-CON man about that.
Tess49
(1,580 posts)woodsprite
(11,941 posts)and her discomfort over the years. Totally sick, but sadly, true.
calimary
(81,608 posts)Proud of "the conquest." "We'll show HER!"
Eliot Rosewater
(31,151 posts)at the end of the road, because IF THEY DID the filthy traitors would never have power again.
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)world wide wally
(21,762 posts)FUCKING LIAR
FakeNoose
(32,917 posts)Don't let your daughters go to unsupervised parties where teenagers will surely be drinking and using drugs.
Even when your daughters say "everyone does it" and "it's totally safe." They don't and it isn't.
More than ever, if something happens it's the girl's fault. She'll never live it down either.
Maybe daughters don't realize it, but their parents certainly do.
nature-lover
(1,472 posts)At least the hostile attitude of the GOP on the committee comes through for all to see.
calimary
(81,608 posts)MissB
(15,813 posts)One of the bosses at work sent out an email this morning noting that nearly 20% of women may have experienced rape, and more have experienced sexual assault. The message was to be kind to coworkers as they may be reliving their trauma today.
RedSpartan
(1,693 posts)and see it in her demeanor.
BeyondGeography
(39,395 posts)Gothmog
(145,965 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,373 posts)This is exactly why this is such a serious crime.
Tursiops
(89 posts)mcar
(42,474 posts)airmid
(500 posts)been nothing but a reminder. I have been doing anything I can to take my mind off of memories I have tried to forget. I can't even imagine all she has went through but I believe her. I believe them all....
calimary
(81,608 posts)My experience, though, was LIGHTYEARS less than that of a rape victim or victim of attempted rape. I'm fortunate in that this comparatively minimal level of continuing trauma is as bad as it got - in my own life.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211192511
yuiyoshida
(41,872 posts)Kavanaugh through, there will be HELL TO PAY.
Liberty Belle
(9,540 posts)Avenatti's highly credible client with all those high-level security clearances.
Shows what a kangaroo court this is. I hope all the Dems will grill Kavenaugh about those other allegations of him lining up to gang-rape incapacitated women and being present during the rape of Avenatti's client. And why he lied about his underage drinking and sexual escapades that he bragged about in his own yearbook.
appalachiablue
(41,204 posts)public, painful and stressful event. A brave woman, we are very fortunate that she chose to reveal the experience.
Ilsa
(61,720 posts)She had reasonable fear of the worst things happening to her - rape, death. That trauma affects memory of nonrelevant details, affects shaping of the brain's function, especially at an early age. Her personality type affects her trauma as well, and how it continues to affect her anxiety, trust issues, etc.
This assault deeply affected her life, her relationships.