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http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2010/03/25/predator-theory/
http://kateharding.net/2009/10/08/guest-blogger-starling-schrodinger%E2%80%99s-rapist-or-a-guy%E2%80%99s-guide-to-approaching-strange-women-without-being-maced/
http://www.rainn.org/
When I was 8 I was sexually assaulted by a neighbor, along with a friend. I had just moved into an apartment complex on the other side of town and had been enrolled in a different school. Not long after the incident, my friend's mother committed suicide and she moved away to her grandmothers house a few cities away.
It took me twelve years to tell anyone about it. I told my mother for the first time the day after I turned 20. Her response? To tell me I was stupid for not telling her sooner, because he could have hurt other girls. Thanks Mom!
It's been nearly three years since I told her, and I've only ever told one other soul. Even now, 15 years after it took place, it's a difficult thing for me to talk about... it's something I prefer to ignore and hide away, hoping it will magically disappear from my past.
It's about time I face the facts. This happened to me. It led up to one of the darkest times in my life, and it still haunts me now. While the act itself hurt me deeply, having no one to talk to afterwards was much more devastating.
When I wanted to talk to someone about it, no one was there for me. With a working, single mother, and me being a latch-key kid with family hundreds of miles away, there was no shoulder for me to cry on, no support network.
And there are millions of others in that same boat. They have been assaulted by a stranger and have no close family or friends to talk to, or are being assaulted by a family member and have no one else to turn to for comfort and security. This is true of men and women of all age groups.
If there is one thing I feel everyone should do in their life, it's to become a mentor to a young child. Always be that friend, that security blanket, that person they can talk to when things at home aren't warm and fuzzy, or if there is a kid being particularly mean at school. And, most importantly, be there when they really need you.
Growing up with an abusive step father, after being molested by a stranger, all I wanted was a sense of security.
April was Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention month. Someone in the U.S. is sexually assaulted every 2 minutes. That makes more than 21,000 victims just in the month of April. Will you be there for one?
http://kateharding.net/2009/10/08/guest-blogger-starling-schrodinger%E2%80%99s-rapist-or-a-guy%E2%80%99s-guide-to-approaching-strange-women-without-being-maced/
http://www.rainn.org/
When I was 8 I was sexually assaulted by a neighbor, along with a friend. I had just moved into an apartment complex on the other side of town and had been enrolled in a different school. Not long after the incident, my friend's mother committed suicide and she moved away to her grandmothers house a few cities away.
It took me twelve years to tell anyone about it. I told my mother for the first time the day after I turned 20. Her response? To tell me I was stupid for not telling her sooner, because he could have hurt other girls. Thanks Mom!
It's been nearly three years since I told her, and I've only ever told one other soul. Even now, 15 years after it took place, it's a difficult thing for me to talk about... it's something I prefer to ignore and hide away, hoping it will magically disappear from my past.
It's about time I face the facts. This happened to me. It led up to one of the darkest times in my life, and it still haunts me now. While the act itself hurt me deeply, having no one to talk to afterwards was much more devastating.
When I wanted to talk to someone about it, no one was there for me. With a working, single mother, and me being a latch-key kid with family hundreds of miles away, there was no shoulder for me to cry on, no support network.
And there are millions of others in that same boat. They have been assaulted by a stranger and have no close family or friends to talk to, or are being assaulted by a family member and have no one else to turn to for comfort and security. This is true of men and women of all age groups.
If there is one thing I feel everyone should do in their life, it's to become a mentor to a young child. Always be that friend, that security blanket, that person they can talk to when things at home aren't warm and fuzzy, or if there is a kid being particularly mean at school. And, most importantly, be there when they really need you.
Growing up with an abusive step father, after being molested by a stranger, all I wanted was a sense of security.
April was Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention month. Someone in the U.S. is sexually assaulted every 2 minutes. That makes more than 21,000 victims just in the month of April. Will you be there for one?