1/ I’ve seen a lot of people lately question the motives or timing of Dr. Ford’s revelation. Why did she wait so long to come forward? One big reason is the fact that this is a terrifying, degrading & humiliating experience that no one wants to re-live. Once was bad enough....
2/Add to that, you have those who think this is some kind of thrill for the victim, getting all that attention. And then of course, there’s the perp, who is often an upstanding member of the community, a fine Christian, so nobody will believe the victim anyway. Most of ...
3/of the time, even when the victim makes a police report, nothing happens at all. Right now, there are literally millions of rape kits sitting untested in evidence rooms. Even when it goes to trial, most of the time, the accused gets off. Again.
Some think the victim should...
Some think the victim should...
4/remember every gory detail. Are you serious? This is true for some victims, no matter how hard she tries to block it out. Can you imagine the nightmare of living with that every day? Some of us succeed in blocking most or all of the assault. Some victims are drugged; some...
5/ are too young to know how to read, so we don’t know the date or address. Fact is, that unless you have been through it or you work in the field with victims, you don’t know what you think you know. So, very respectfully, I ask that you STFU until you actually learn something.
Please RT if you agree.
