Gang Rape
I do realize that most of you ladies are young feminists, but can any of you relate to the crime of gang rape that occurred long before you were born? I had a horrible experience:
I would like so much like to hear your feedback. Thank you.
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I don't even know where to begin, it's incredibly sad, and is bringing tears of frustration and anger to my eyes.
I'm quite aware of the fraternal covering-up that happens - I have friends that have been sexually assaulted, and by "brothers", and were sent letters and received threatening phone calls by alumnae...and I've heard stories of "sluts" that wanted to be "gang-banged", and "deserved it"...which makes me very violent and rage-filled, and has started fights with people, one of which happened while I shared a small cubicle with someone in grad school (in NC) - my advisor had to separate us and find a new space for me after this "conversation", which started because I was upset about a rape on campus.
Also, my senior year of undergrad (in TN), I intercepted the assault of one young freshman woman at a party - she was passed out, I don't know how much she had to drink or if she had been drugged - but I told the senior frat member who was trying to move/drag her up the stairs of the house, it was time for her to go, he didn't agree, stating she wanted to "stay" and they were going to his room "to talk" - the woman was in no condition to hold her head up and tell me her name, let alone hold a conversation, so I found her roommate and took them both home...I was called a "dyke", a "bitch", and other names by the "brothers" as we left - like I was going to do what? "Oh - you are insinuating that I am not heterosexual or am a "mean person" because I don't want you to rape someone, sure - have at her?!" *SCREAMING COMMENCING IN MY HEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*
All of my comments seem very ranty/tangent-filled...but I just don't know what to do with this anger I have, and I really would love for one day (as we all would), women of all race, religion, sexuality to be safe on campuses - or ANYWHERE....but it just keeps happening - and I'm so DAMN PISSED OFF ABOUT IT!!!
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That is so sick. What a sociopath. These men aren't even ashamed of themselves. Good for you. I wish someone like you were at every one of these parties.
Kibobo! Let me have a good cry and get my thoughts together, so I can comment on your comment. Meanwhile, THANK YOU~~~
Georgia Girl, my apologies, I realize I never did get around to telling you how terribly sorry I am for what happened to you at GA Tech. I had to read your blog in pieces because of how mad & upset I got at the absolute savagery of it- at Jim Dickinson & the others that hurt you and other women, at the fraternal blanketing that still continues, and also the Georgia laws. I'm so proud of you for coming forward with your story - no one should have to bear that burden alone.
Course I meant "Kiboko"!
Kiboko, isn't it strange that when somebody challenges or ridicules my account of the gang rape, I am a force to be reckoned with, but when someone like you can actually empathize with what happened, I fall apart -- like jello!
Hey, you managed to get your friend out of a dangerous situation .... good for YOU! Big hugs from me to you.
Thank you guys for your comments. I just don't have the strength to comment right now. But these stories break my spirit. I'm so sorry for what happened... and I'm so depressed at what the human is capable of. The hatred and abuse of women is heartbreaking. The multiplicity of these attacks make it worse for me... that the humiliation and abuse is condoned. I'm just beyond furious. I don't know what to do.
Yes I can relate to your experience, but that fact doesn't change my horrified reaction in the least bit. The horror is always there. My experiences just make me suspect that the capacity to do this to a woman is in all men, even the ones who love you. I don't know. Thank you for sharing your story. I admire you.
Lexicon, I think the reason I constantly nip at his heels comes from the fury within me. Anger can be a strong motivation.