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Last night, there was an attempted rape on our campus. Its a small school. Everyone knows who the survivor was. The wyrd part is, a car drove by just as the attacker was about to get real nasty and scared him off.
My friends and I were driving in by Glen Park at about 4am. Were we the ones who stopped this from happening??? Did we get there in the nick of time? Did I go just the right speed to get there just when an interruption would be needed the most?
I feel wyrd. My heart hurts. I'm sick because of what nearly happened, I am thankful someone, whether it was us or not, stopped it inadvertently. I do know that i refuse to back down. I am angry.
I will not be a frightened animal, I will not be afraid of this campus ever. I won't be stupid and ignore the possibility, it has always been there, whether we wanted to believe it or not, the possibility was always there. It just happen to occur this year, now, when it was least expected. And we still don't know how to treat a survivor.
I just want to thank Punky for sharing her experience with us, for her bravery and courage, her willingness to step up and say hey people need to know this shit can happen anywhere. I want to say security is stupid. It is never a survivor's fault, NEVER. Whether they are sober, or not, alone or hanging back from a group, it is NEVER THEIR FUCKING FAULT. And when the chips are down and someone says in your ear, "scream and I'll kill you" you do what you need to survive. No one deserves to judge for that, no one has a right to judge. I am a rape survivor and the fact an authority figure dare utter the idea it was her fault fills me with a rage. If I hear anyone utter on this campus they think it was her fault, there will be a reckoning. I swear it.
My friends and I were driving in by Glen Park at about 4am. Were we the ones who stopped this from happening??? Did we get there in the nick of time? Did I go just the right speed to get there just when an interruption would be needed the most?
I feel wyrd. My heart hurts. I'm sick because of what nearly happened, I am thankful someone, whether it was us or not, stopped it inadvertently. I do know that i refuse to back down. I am angry.
I will not be a frightened animal, I will not be afraid of this campus ever. I won't be stupid and ignore the possibility, it has always been there, whether we wanted to believe it or not, the possibility was always there. It just happen to occur this year, now, when it was least expected. And we still don't know how to treat a survivor.
I just want to thank Punky for sharing her experience with us, for her bravery and courage, her willingness to step up and say hey people need to know this shit can happen anywhere. I want to say security is stupid. It is never a survivor's fault, NEVER. Whether they are sober, or not, alone or hanging back from a group, it is NEVER THEIR FUCKING FAULT. And when the chips are down and someone says in your ear, "scream and I'll kill you" you do what you need to survive. No one deserves to judge for that, no one has a right to judge. I am a rape survivor and the fact an authority figure dare utter the idea it was her fault fills me with a rage. If I hear anyone utter on this campus they think it was her fault, there will be a reckoning. I swear it.