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I am astounded by the number of teachers (male and female) that have been arrested here recently. I've written about them all on my blog, "A Place to Talk About Rape". You can find those posts by checking the label for Teachers in my side bar.

I am ill as I listen to the news about yet again, another young girl abducted and most likely found dead.


My questions for whoever the hell is in charge of making laws out there:


GET THE ____ ____ SEXUAL PREDATORS OFF THE STREETS AND LOCK THEM UP SO THIS WILL STOP HAPPENING!


I have sat in court for enough hours to see that MANY, MANY non-violent offenders are arrested and put in jail for MINOR infractions while murderers, rapists and other predators run around free killing and assaulting w… Continue

My entire life has been full of tragedies and sadness. I am not saying that for pity, PLEASE don't ever feel sorry for me, that would make me a victim again and it took years to get over.

This post is to try and explain how feeling unsafe as a child, being molested and raped and raped again as a teen, can cause a young woman's life to take a turn towards ugliness and sorrow. It presents three paths:

- the path to hating men and sex
- the path to being strong and overcoming
- the path to believ… Continue

Me as a smiling, clueless young woman who would soon face the horrors of a rape that could have been prevented

IF I had followed my own advice that I give you here.


So last week a young woman is murdered at Yale University, now there is a story about an 18 year old college student being tied up in a men's restroom stall and gang raped by five guys. Stop and think about that for a minute if you can stomach it, personally I can't.


While all the experts spend years doing studies on WHY this ha… Continue