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MineralMan

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1. It's an old, old horror story.

Reply to JonLP24 (Original post)

Thu Sep 20, 2018, 02:31 PM

Sep 2018

Similar stories can be told in almost every town and city in the United States, and in almost every decade.

It is one of the most shameful things about our society that women and girls have to fight to be believed and are often demonized for being victims.

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The story of a teenage girl who reported her rape but nothing happened [View all] JonLP24 Sep 2018 OP

It's an old, old horror story. MineralMan Sep 2018 #1

Especially when the rapists happen to be school athletes. radicalliberal Sep 2018 #2

Or Baylor University BigMin28 Sep 2018 #4

Please don't get me started on Ken Starr! n/t radicalliberal Sep 2018 #9

It's still happening as we speak against it. saidsimplesimon Sep 2018 #3

The problem is that the people who persecuted the rape victim in her home town . . . radicalliberal Sep 2018 #10

It's hard to find a woman who hasn't had some level of assault or attempted assault Johnny2X2X Sep 2018 #5

There are probably hundreds of stories just like this Bettie Sep 2018 #6

What the hell is wrong with our country??? lapfog_1 Sep 2018 #7

That stuck out to me as well JonLP24 Sep 2018 #8

I was struck by this passage: Danascot Sep 2018 #11

This horror story is real, it happened, warning, it is hard to read and disturbing. Stuart G Sep 2018 #12

We Were the Mulvaneys MaryMagdaline Sep 2018 #13

This article was heartbreaking Dorian Gray Sep 2018 #14