![]() ![]() It’s helpful for women to understand what they may be buying into culturally that doesn’t align with their own desires so that they can make their own choices. It’s also an opportunity for you to provide guidance. ![]() Your “discussion” could end up being pretty one-sided at this point given your experience and your D’s lack thereof, but it could help her process her environment and it could inform her choices as it all become more real and relevant. (If you can handle it, I’d recommend the same for “Girls and Sex”. Although I haven’t read the Chessy Prout book, it could be good for both you and your D to read and discuss. So whether or not you believe that Chessy Prout was raped, the legal age of consent is 16, so whatever went down that night, rape or not, was still illegal. My best friend is a survivor of rape herself and to see the amount of friends/people she thought she could trust, turn their back on her and blame her for what was out of her control is so saddening. You are giving possibly the best example of victim shaming that I can come up with right now and it’s very sad to see. You don’t know how this girl felt, what was said, done, etc. Also, were you there when the assault (or since you don’t seem to think it was an assault we’ll call it an “incident”) took place? You don’t really know exactly what happened or who was consenting/who wasn’t/if they consented from “beginning to end”. Have you ever been raped? I’m asumming not based on your argument that become frozen with fear while you are being raped “isn’t an excuse”. So even if both students were 100% consenting “from beginning to end”, what Owen Labrie did was still illegal and punishable by law. For the sake of the length of my comment, I won’t go into everything that is awful about what you have said but I’ll just say this- whether or not you choose to believe her, the age of consent is 16. Prepare to be inspired by this remarkable young woman and her story of survival, advocacy, and hope in the face of unspeakable trauma.Your comment was just wrong on so many levels. ![]() Chessy’s story offers real, powerful solutions to upend rape culture as we know it today. It takes a magnifying glass to the institutions that turn a blind eye to such behavior and a society that blames victims rather than perpetrators. This memoir is more than an account of a horrific event. Then, in the face of unexpected backlash from her once-trusted school community, she shed her anonymity to help other survivors find their voice. Chessy bravely reported her assault to the police and testified against her attacker in court. Paul’s School, a prestigious boarding school in New Hampshire, when a senior boy sexually assaulted her as part of a ritualized game of conquest. In 2014, Chessy Prout was a freshman at St. This is the true story of one of those girls. The numbers are staggering: nearly one in five girls ages fourteen to seventeen have been the victim of a sexual assault or attempted sexual assault. “A bold, new voice.” -People “A nuanced addition to the #MeToo conversation.” -Vice A young survivor tells her searing, visceral story of sexual assault, justice, and healing in this gutwrenching memoir. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Details
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |