Yes. Yes. Oh, Rob. In this section, I started wondering if Rob had a set number of chapters she meant the story to reach. The whole jealous-of-Kelly thing feels like BOTH Bodie and Doyle have been possessed by other characters. And then, if more story ideas/tropes are needed, what on earth made her think that what this story needs is more rape?
And flat-moving. They don't even shop for curtains.
My guess is that the rape issue is a reflection of what women were going through at the time, so probably something that was at least at the edge of Rob's consciousness. I remember very strongly that rape was one of the things society over here was addressing at the time - and it wasn't just in men's consciousness, it was almost more in women's. The idea that rape wasn't the fault of the woman, that women should be able to go out at night and get home safely. I was at uni in the mid-eighties, and there were women's minibuses that you could catch from the student's union (i.e. from campus, in US-speak) which would drop you home because it wasn't safe to walk on your own after dark. Rape within marriage was only included in the law as rape in the 1990s. It seemed to drop out of people's consciousness in the 2000s, although it's recently been raised again over here...
It seemed to drop out of people's consciousness in the 2000s, although it's recently been raised again over here...
I dunno. I was in university from 2005 to 2009. We had a volunteer sexual assault response team on campus. In addition to being available during crises, they put up flyers about consent on the insides of all the toilet stalls and did presentations in the dorms. I think they held a Take Back the Night march, too, which was attended by members of the general student body. This issue seemed to me to be quite a big deal on college campuses at that time, due partly to the scandal surrounding members Duke lacrosse team, but also concern over a culture that normalized lack of consent, especially at parties involving heavy drinking.
the student's union (i.e. from campus, in US-speak)
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And flat-moving. They don't even shop for curtains.
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I dunno. I was in university from 2005 to 2009. We had a volunteer sexual assault response team on campus. In addition to being available during crises, they put up flyers about consent on the insides of all the toilet stalls and did presentations in the dorms. I think they held a Take Back the Night march, too, which was attended by members of the general student body. This issue seemed to me to be quite a big deal on college campuses at that time, due partly to the scandal surrounding members Duke lacrosse team, but also concern over a culture that normalized lack of consent, especially at parties involving heavy drinking.
the student's union (i.e. from campus, in US-speak)
We have buildings called student unions (no 's').
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