I found it shocking when I found out that about 80% of rapes are done by someone the person knew before (friend, relative etc). Which right away makes what you're wearing completely irrelevant. These photos are super powerful. I have the same converses.
Yeah, that's true. Something I've been musing on lately is the trust aspect. In other words, I'm out with friends, I don't really have to trust them the same way one of my female friends does. We all should be vigilant (even if most aren't), but it seems like more of an imperative for women, sadly.
in related news, this clusterfuck got overturned today: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-justice-delivers-blistering-rebuke-of-lower-court-sex-assault-decision-1.3694814 now we just need to deal with this idiot: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/judge-sex-assault-robin-camp-1.3663552
Reading that first article made me so happy. So so so many woman have been through something similar to what this girl went through and tried to just laugh it off or explain it away. I'm so happy for her that she finally received the justice she deserved. I'm also so happy to see this kind of stuff on hubski, I actually came to this site because I got sick of the fake experts on sexual assault talking about how victims are supposed to act. I didn't see any of that on this site so I decided to stick around and I'm glad I did :) Also, fuck Robin Camp.
well, just in case you needed to be reminded that Canada still treats people like garbage