Mamá had always made it clear she believed girls who got raped deserved it. I hadn't done any of the things she said “bad” girls did, though. I didn't parade myself around in sluttish clothes and make untoward advances. But Mamá had been wrong about everything else so far, so maybe she'd been wrong about that, too. Maybe it didn't matter whether you were bad or good, prudish or wanton: maybe just being female was enough, for some men. Maybe, like so much else, it was only about control. But then why do I feel so guilty?. Nenia Campbell
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Why do I feel so guilty? If you have been raped, it is normal to feel guilty. Sometimes the reason of feeling guilty is because you are wondering why did this happen to you. You might even blame yourself for being a bad person and not having protected yourself from the person who raped you. This quote expresses such a victim's emotion in a very well-written way.

Source: Cloak And Dagger

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