Posted by Rena at dialup-63.212.141.1.losangeles1.level3.net on February 24, 2000 at 11:35:26:
In Reply to: Fucking cut-offs, man... posted by Kevin on February 24, 2000 at 10:08:04:
You know, I was tearing up about how sweet your comments about your wife were, until I read this.
Then I laughed.
Good for you, Jennifer. Congrats Kevin, you sound like a happy man.
One thing. 1 in 3 is an estimate, based on the number of rapes REPORTED. Because rape is a crime in which the victim is made to feel responsible for the crime, many rapes are never reported. A group of friends and I were talking one night, and among the 7 of us (all women) only one of us said that she had never been sexually assaulted. Now sexual assault does not always mean rape, but it does always include a threat/fear of rape. I was one of the "lucky" ones, I was assaulted, but not raped. I was seven years old, and he got away with it because he threatened my family. I believed him and kept my mouth shut.
This is the society we live in, people. But it doesn't have to be.