It’s the process of being minimized, invalidated, silenced. It’s the process of being subjected to whatever someone else thinks I owe them. It’s the process of being used, examined, explored, and thrown away. It’s the process of being convinced to comply with the orders of someone who does not see me as their equal, someone who sees nothing wrong with the notion that I’m somehow lesser than they are. Rape isn’t about sex; it’s about all those other things. It’s about power. Agnostic Zetetic
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It’s the process of being minimized, invalidated, silenced. It’s the process of being subjected to whatever someone else thinks I owe them. It’s the process of being used, examined, explored, and thrown away. It’s the process of being convinced to comply with the orders of someone who does not see me as their equal, someone who sees nothing wrong with the notion that I’m somehow lesser than they are.

Rape isn’t about sex; it’s about all those other things. It’s about power. It’s an act of violence that happens every day in the United States.

One in four women has been raped in her lifetime, and most know their attackers - more than 90 percent will know their rapist by sight. Experts estimate that only three percent of rapists will spend a single day in jail for their crime. The statistics are staggering, but they are not surprising to any survivor who has experienced this kind of violence at the hands of another person. UVA's Dean Sue Wasiolek writes an eloquent essay on rape culture here .

Click through for more details on NARAL's "State of Denial" campaign which includes this film . Click here for a guide to how to handle sexual assault on campus . Click here for a guide on how to avoid being assaulted ! Click here for more information on an incident at SUNY Binghamton where there was no penalty for two students who assaulted two others .

Click here for a guide to overcoming post-traumatic stress after assault . Click here for more information on how you can be an effective ally to survivors . Click here for UVA's policy on sexual assault .

Click here to see which universities are currently under investigation by federal government agencies for mishandling sexual assault cases . Click here for a guide to other resources!

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